Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 20
tes in a manner which marks them as the work of Indians. In taking up the.discussion of conical mounds we have toconsider the type of mound most extensively distributed overthe mound bearing area. Externally they are dome shapedheaps of dirt appearing to the eye as shown in plates 4, 5, and 6.In… … PLATE 6. Conical mound in Cutler Park, Waukesha, Wis. Marked at the state meeting ofthe State Archaeological Society in May, 1906. The various modes of burial in these mounds do not admitof a satisfactory classification. Either stones were first usedto construct a rude vault, or bark and logs were…
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