Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 157
142 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications. ting or some woven fabric, and then a covering of grass andtwigs, and as a last ceremony this covering was set on fire, andwhile it was thus burning clay was carried and covered over thefire, thus preserving the cloth, the grass and twigs in a… … Fig. 12 — A typical rectangular grave clay similar in every respect to the clay used in making the plat-form and in forming the grave. This covering of clay wouldvary in thickness from a few inches to fourteen inches, the averagebeing very close to ten inches, and was the temporary coveringfor all…
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