. Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . Fig. 13—Hematite cones. I. Specimen to left from Werneke mound, one to right from villagesite a few miles away. turkey, and one-half of a scraper made from a metapodial of thedeer. The shelter is now the home of the little brown bat (Ves-pertiles sublatus). The large shelter below was of especial interest because ofthe deep floor covering of ashes and refuse, which served as aburial ground for the early prehistoric occupants of Salt Creekvalley. Mr. Bingman has discussed this shelter in his article,under date of July 12, 1897, in which he says: T
. Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . Fig. 13—Hematite cones. I. Specimen to left from Werneke mound, one to right from villagesite a few miles away. turkey, and one-half of a scraper made from a metapodial of thedeer. The shelter is now the home of the little brown bat (Ves-pertiles sublatus). The large shelter below was of especial interest because ofthe deep floor covering of ashes and refuse, which served as aburial ground for the early prehistoric occupants of Salt Creekvalley. Mr. Bingman has discussed this shelter in his article,under date of July 12, 1897, in which he says: The floor is dry, never being wetted even by the hardeststorms. The deposit of refuse reaches four-feer- in the deepest 202 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications. part, and averages three feet, giving a bulk of about six thousand,seven hundred and fifty cubic feet. From this shelter were taken large numbers of flaked tools,both broken and entire, mostly of native chert; bone awls, needlesand daggers; beads, ornaments, broken pottery in la
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