Identifier: ohioarchologic21ohio (find matches)
Title: Ohio archæological and historical quarterly
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
Subjects: History Archaeology
Publisher: Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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and secured many animal bones, afew artifacts, a great quantity of broken pottery and flint spawls,all of which they presented to the museum. The work of JudgeMiller and Mr. Steele fully verifies the conclusions formed by thewriter from the explorations made by the survey directly in frontof the shelter, DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE CAMP SITE. The examination of the camp site adjacent to the rock shelterwas as systematically carried out as possible. The work wasgreatly retarded by the accumulation of large blocks of sand-stone that had fallen from the cliff, and when these could not beremoved it was dangerous for the workmen to disturb the ac-cumulation of camp site material beneath them. The camp site Archaeological Remains of Jackson County. 189 for the most part, like the rock shelter, had been dug over insearch of artifacts, etc., previous to the time of our examination,however, many phenomena of special interest were found dur-ing the progress of the work. From surface indications the
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Fig. 7—Broken pottery, probably modern Indian. §. camp site extended to the east of the rock shelter, and a pointwas selected as far west of the shelter as possible, at a pointindicating the bed of the stream, and a trench was dug fiftyfeet in length and extending at right angles to the bluff. The 190 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications. depth of the trench at the bluff was ten and one-half inches, butgradually increased to eighteen inches at the end. The bottom ofthe trench was perhaps the bed of the stream at the time pre-historic man made his appearance in the Salt Creek valley.The trench was widened to the east and the dirt thrownback by the workmen so as not to interfere with pos-sible finds. The soil was homogeneous throughout, verydark in color, and evidently deposited by the stream dur-ing freshets. No animal bones or other objects were foundduring the first ten feet of the widening of the trench, butthe thickness of the black soil remained about the same. At thispoin

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