Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . -ing the oval basin shape and the parallelogram form. Casts of: thevarious pieces of copper, stone and bone implements were placed inthe model graves duplicating the originals as found in the exhumation. The exhibition of these models and other constructions illustrativeof the advance of science was -held in the American Museum of NaturalHistory, New York City, during the holiday week and some two weeksfollowing. The occasion was the annual meeting of the American As-sociation for the Advancement of Science. During the exercises of theAssociation,
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . -ing the oval basin shape and the parallelogram form. Casts of: thevarious pieces of copper, stone and bone implements were placed inthe model graves duplicating the originals as found in the exhumation. The exhibition of these models and other constructions illustrativeof the advance of science was -held in the American Museum of NaturalHistory, New York City, during the holiday week and some two weeksfollowing. The occasion was the annual meeting of the American As-sociation for the Advancement of Science. During the exercises of theAssociation, Professor Mills read two papers relating his experience inthe exploration of Ohio mounds and describing the results of his obser-vations. The models exhibited by the professor were examined withgreat interest by the distinguished members of the Scientific Mills is now engaged in the construction of an exact miniaturereproduction of the Serpent Mound. These models will be exhibited atthe forthcoming Jamestown Exposition,. THE EXPLORATIONS OF THE EDWIN HARNESSMOUND. < WILLIAM C. MILLS. The Edwin Harness Mound is the largest of the four-teen mounds which are located within the earthworks of theHarness group1 and in close proximity to them, and it wouldequal in dimensions more than all the other mounds of this groupcombined, and perhaps the largest mound in the Scioto Valleyproper, although not equal in size to the great Hopewell Mound,located on the north fork of Paint Creek and the Seip Moundlocated in the western part of the county along Paint Creek. The Harness group, consisting of burial mounds and a com-bination of circles and a square, is located in Liberty Township,Ross County, Ohio,, eight miles south of Chillicothe, and is sit-uated east bank of the Scioto River and occupies thethird bottom and is fully a mile from the present river channel. Portions of the earthworks and the large mound of the groupcan be seen from the Chillicothe and Ric
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