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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
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m it, the altar; second, that thisgreat deposit had been burned in place, where found,the heat having been sufficiently strong to melt copper,masses of which were found fused together in thecenter of the basin. As to the first of these suggestions, it will be notedby reference to the floor plan of the mound, Fig. 4, andto the photograph of the basin, Fig. 5, that the presentsurvey found, at the southwest corner of the altar,and entirely outside of it, a distinct receptacle or de-pository, not mentioned by Squier and Davis. Thisdepository was in the form of an upright mold, roundedhorizontally, and extending vertically from the floor ofthe mound to the height of 20 inches. The diameterof this mold at the bottom was 18 inches, with a graduallessening toward its top. In a word, this mold wasexactly that which would result from a filled bag beingset upright on the floor and covered over with earth, thebag and contents later being removed and the archedearth retaining its form and imprint.
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(437) 438 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications . It will be noted that the dotted line of the floor planshows that Squier and Davis excavation intersectedthis mold, disclosing its contents and permitting theirremoval, but left intact, in the body of the mound, thegreater part of the opening. However, sufficient ofthe original contents remained to show their character.More than 50 fragments of pipes, many beads of pearland shell and a number of crystals of galena were takenfrom the bottom and around the edges of this mold,none of which showed contact with fire. However,associated with these objects were several fragments ofa mineral, resembling copper, which unmistakably hadbeen fused. Tests, however, showed this mineral tobe a copper arsenide, probably whitneyite,* a productof the Michigan copper region. The same mineral, inlarge pieces, was found in mound number 13, where itwas associated with galena. In view of the fact that the rectangular basins,termed by Squier and Davis alt

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