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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ere Hope-well, showing that both cultures built the mounds, and the pres-ence of so many mounds surrounding the region of the saltsprings would indicate that many deaths occurred, perhaps inwarfare to gain possession of or to retain the much covetedsprings. Therefore the entire region would be in constant tur-moil and strife, making it a region undesirable for any lengthyhabitation. MOUNDS EXAMINED. Jackson county is noted for the great number of smallmounds located for the most part upon the level portions of thetops of the hills and in the narrow valleys along the streams.The mounds are all small, seldom exceeding six or seven feet inheight for the largest, and would perhaps, taken as a whole, notaverage over 2 to two and one-half feet, with a diameter of tento twenty feet. The survey examined two small mounds locatedupon the farm of Mr. Morehead, Coal township, near Wheldon.The first mound was eighteen inches high at the center, with a Ai chaeoLogical Remains of Jackson County. 209
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Fig. 17—Drawing of Petroglyphs at Leo. % 210 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications. diameter of sixteen feet. No skeleton was found, although thebase of the mound showed every indication that an interment hadbeen made, and no doubt the skeleton, being so near the surface,was entirely destroyed by the action of the elements. Severalsmall circular holes had been dug into the base of the mound, andeach were found to contain several broken pieces of flint and afew perfect arrow heads. The second mound was very small, being only sixteen incheshigh at the center. The burial was of an adult, but the boneswere practically all decayed and only a trace of the skeleton couldbe found. W:ith the burial was placed a number of broken angu-lar pieces of flint. The third mound examined was in Lick township, on thefarm of Mr. Werneke, which adjoins Jamestown, a suburb ofJackson. This mound was only seventeen inches high at thecenter, with a diameter of eighteen feet. No doubt the diameterhad been

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