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Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)

Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 486

An illustration from Ohio archæological and historical quarterly, 1887, leaf 486
of silvery mica, as shown in the plan of the excavation,Fig. 42 (reproduced as Fig.21). It was formed of roundsheets, ten inches or a foot indiameter, overlapping eachother like the scales of a fish.Lateral excavations weremade to determine its extent,with the result indicated inthe plan. The… … Fig. 21. Plan of mica crescentafter Squier & Davis. The entire length of the crescent from horn to horn couldnot have been less than twenty feet, and its greatest widthfive. The clay floor of this mound was but a few inches inthickness; a small shaft, c. was sunk three feet below it, butit…

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