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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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Figure 1. A View of Echo Cave at the Time of its Examination. of the shelter is toward the east. The roof, at the open-ing, is approximately 50 feet in height and diminishesgradually toward the back, where it varies from threeto five feet in height. The accumulation of sand,soil and ashes within the shelter varies in thickness fromone foot to four feet. Numerous large detached bouldersof sandstone conglomerate lie upon and embedded in
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(7) 8 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications the accumulated debris. A view o£ Echo Gave is shownin Fig. 1. The second shelter, known as Indian Cave, is a fewrods to the southwest of Echo Cave. It is somewhatsmaller, but corresponds closely in its physical aspectsto the larger cave. In form, it is roughly triangular andhas, toward its northern extremity, a low extension,oval in form, about 30 feet long, two to three feet highand eight to 16 feet in width. The photograph (Fig. 2)affords a view of Indian Cave. In the shelter known as Echo Cave, Mr. Miller founda total of seven burials — four adults, a child, and twoinfants. Three of the adult burials lay near the backwall of the shelter, toward its north end. A third adultskeleton, minus the skull, was located underneath theedge of a large sandstone boulder detached from theroof of the shelter and located 12 feet out from theback wall about midway from north to south. Owingto the extremely dry conditions prevailing in the rearof t

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