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Title: Ohio archæological and historical quarterly
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
Subjects: History Archaeology
Publisher: Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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m a point to the south just outside of the campsite proper. A collection of this pottery might be selected whichwhen compared with pottery from the Fort Ancient culture couldbe readily classed as belonging to that culture; again, anotherlot might be selected and compared with the Hopewell potteryand likewise could be classed with this culture; still a third selec-tion could be made that could not be classed with either of thetwo cultures mentioned, and might be considered as belonging tothe historic Indians. It is quite evident from the finds that both the prehistoricand historic Indian cultures occupied the camp site, but onaccount of the disturbed condition of the site no definite con-clusions could be made as to the prehistoric culture occupyingthe site first. However, the undisturbed portion around the fire-places revealed only the Fort Ancient culture, yet on the samelevel directly to the east, in the disturbed portion, pottery of all Archaeological Remains of Jackson County. 197
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Fig. 11—Stone hoe. 198 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications. cultures were found together. A summary of the fragments ofpottery found in this camp site places fully one-half as belongingto the Fort Ancient culture, one-tenth to the Hopewell cultureand two-fifths to the historic Indian. IMPLEMENTS OF STONE. Implements of stone in the camp site were not abundant.In all Indian villages of any permanency the various objects madefrom stone are usually found, showing the various stages ofmanufacture, but here all were perfect or broken by use. Hammerstones. The hammerstones were the most abundantand perhaps the most useful implements in the camp site, andwere made for the most part of small, water-worn boulders, witha diameter of two to four and one-half inches. The majority ofthe hammerstones showing but little work upon them, as theiruse mainly was for breaking the bones of the larger animalsused for food. Near one of the fireplaces five large, smoothboulders of convenient size to

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