Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . d were made ofcopper, shell and bone. Especially noticeable were the ear orna-ments of copper which were in some instances covered with ironand silver, and which display remarkable workmanship. A care-ful examination of these finely wrought implements and orna-ments plainly shows that the mechanical art was developed almostexclusively, while in other sections of the Scioto Valley, wherethe Hopewell Culture is found, the idiographic art was highlydeveloped along with the non-imitative. No perfect pieces of the ceramic art were exhumed, but thesherds
Ohio archæological and historical quarterly . d were made ofcopper, shell and bone. Especially noticeable were the ear orna-ments of copper which were in some instances covered with ironand silver, and which display remarkable workmanship. A care-ful examination of these finely wrought implements and orna-ments plainly shows that the mechanical art was developed almostexclusively, while in other sections of the Scioto Valley, wherethe Hopewell Culture is found, the idiographic art was highlydeveloped along with the non-imitative. No perfect pieces of the ceramic art were exhumed, but thesherds plainly show that the fictile products are entitled to a highplace in Ohio ceramic arts. The great variety of weaving and the quantity of woven 17I have for my own convenience named the two great cultureswhose remains are so abundant in Ohio, Fort Ancient Culture and Hope-well Culture, Explorations of the Baum Village Site, Vol. 14, OhioState Archaeological and Historical Publications. 18 Twentieth Annual Report of the Bureau of ^^r % 4 Explorations of the Edwin Harness Mound. 193 material found in the graves, indicate that the art was assiduouslypracticed. The examination of the Robert Harness Mound proved itto be a burial mound belonging to the Fort Ancient Culture, andthe finding of a burial of the Hopewell Culture intrusive to theRobert Harness Mound proves without question that the peopleof the Fort Ancient Culture were the first to occupy the surround-ing territory, and consequently the Hopewell Culture occupiedthis territory at a later period.
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