Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · 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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