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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 496

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und. This area doubtless served as a sort of as-sembly room from which were viewed the cremation Exploration of the Mound City Group 483 and burial ceremonies held toward the interior and thenorth and east of the structure. BURIALS OF THE MOUND Of the thirteen burials belonging to the builders… … Fig. 27. Crematory found near the center of Mound No. 7. side of the structure, about 4 feet above its base. Withthe cremated remains was an unusually fine double-bitted copper axe. Burial number 2 was similarly located as to theabove, at a distance of three feet above the floor. Twointeresting…

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