Ohio archæological and historical publications . oshocton flint. No. 8657 came from above Malta,while 7896 was found at the base of the large Porteus two vary in size, but the form, work and material is thesame. Three others found with skeletons are identical, all beingvery thin, sharp and well wrought. We are inclined to the beliefthat they were made by the same man, for there is that special-ization or stamp, as it were, which marks them as the handi-work of one person. The mound above Malta is 50 miles, thatof Mr. Porteus about 15 miles from the nearest quarries. We areconvinced
Ohio archæological and historical publications . oshocton flint. No. 8657 came from above Malta,while 7896 was found at the base of the large Porteus two vary in size, but the form, work and material is thesame. Three others found with skeletons are identical, all beingvery thin, sharp and well wrought. We are inclined to the beliefthat they were made by the same man, for there is that special-ization or stamp, as it were, which marks them as the handi-work of one person. The mound above Malta is 50 miles, thatof Mr. Porteus about 15 miles from the nearest quarries. We areconvinced that the tumuli containing these triangular spears were Report of Field Work. 239 built at the same time, or at least within a few years of eachother. (See also figure XXVI.) The central spear in Figure XXV (8650) came from mound at McConnelsville. Two spears, shoulderedexactly like this one, of the same size and material, were foundin the small Porteus mound below Coshocton. The discoidals shown at the top of the picture are from. Figure XXV. Two-fifths size. Mound spears and discoidals, Muskingum Valley. mounds; 8662 from Mr. Johnsons. Walhonding, and the smallone from a mound three miles above Malta. Discoidals sometimes occur in the tumuli but more frequentlycome from village sites. The two bone needles or awls shown in figure XXVI comefrom mounds 75 miles apart: one at McConnelsville and the othernear Richmondale. Both are exceedingly sharp and are per-forated. Discoidal No. 3618 (museum number) comes from a vil- :240 Ohio Arch. a>id His. Society Publications.
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