Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . ect pieces weretaken from this mound dur-ing the last objects were foundwith all of the uncrematedburials, with the exception ofone, and were placed invari-ably on each side of the headclose to the temporal bone, 150 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications. which would indicate that they were used for ear ear ornaments taken from this mound exhibit a degree ofskill in their manufacture and show the high degree of advance-ment made in ornamental art, as many of these ornaments wereoverlaid with a thin covering of


Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . ect pieces weretaken from this mound dur-ing the last objects were foundwith all of the uncrematedburials, with the exception ofone, and were placed invari-ably on each side of the headclose to the temporal bone, 150 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications. which would indicate that they were used for ear ear ornaments taken from this mound exhibit a degree ofskill in their manufacture and show the high degree of advance-ment made in ornamental art, as many of these ornaments wereoverlaid with a thin covering of iron, presumably meteoric, anda few had a thin covering of silver and copper hammered 18 shows a specimen covered with iron, and Fig. 19shows a specimen covered with a thin layer of copper and silvermixed. This silver and copper layer was hammered very thinand resembles very much the thickness of ordinary writing different types of these ornaments are found, and all weremany times duplicated during the


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