Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . open fire. MOUND NUMBER 2 Formerly very large, mound number 2 had beenseriously disturbed by the construction of a thorough-fare through Camp Sherman, the eastern one-half be-ing entirely obliterated, and the remainder graded offto within 6 inches of its base. This remaining portionof floor gave evidence of the importance of the moundas a whole, since it contained 18 burials and two crema-tories. A large basin, or altar, as they termed it, isdescribed by Squier and Davis, which, since its dimen-sions do not correspond with either of those found byt
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . open fire. MOUND NUMBER 2 Formerly very large, mound number 2 had beenseriously disturbed by the construction of a thorough-fare through Camp Sherman, the eastern one-half be-ing entirely obliterated, and the remainder graded offto within 6 inches of its base. This remaining portionof floor gave evidence of the importance of the moundas a whole, since it contained 18 burials and two crema-tories. A large basin, or altar, as they termed it, isdescribed by Squier and Davis, which, since its dimen-sions do not correspond with either of those found bythe present examination, must have been located withinthe eastern one-half of the mound. Their descriptionis as follows: Fig. 31 (reproduced in Fig. 6) exhibits a section of moundNo. 2 in the plan of Mound City. This mound is ninety feet indiameter at the base by seven and a half feet high, being remark-ably broad and flat. A shaft six feet square was sunk from theapex with the following results: 442 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications. Fig. 6. Mound No. 2, after Squier & Davis. flan and Section of Altar ist. Occurred the usual layer of gravel and pebbles, onefoot thick. 2nd. A layer of earth, three feet A thin stratum of Another layer of earth two feet Another stratum of sand, beneath which, and sepa-rated by a few inches of earth, was — 6th. The altar, Fig. 32, (reproduced in Fig. 7). This altar was a parallelo-gram of the utmost regularity,as shown in the plan and sec-tion. At its base, it measuresten feet in length by eight inwidth; at the top, six feet byfour. Its height was eighteeninches, and the dip of the basinnine inches. Within the basin10ft. \| was a deposit of fine ashes, un-mixed with charcoal, three inchesthick, much compacted by theweight of the superincumbentearth. Amongst the ashes weresome fragments of pottery, also a few shell and pearl of the pottery was recovered to restore a beautifulvase, for a drawing
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