Archaeology of Ohio (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ... HEMATITE. This seems to have been esteemed one of the precious stones, and was wrought by much labor into many forms. In Mr. Kinney's contribution were several highly polished small celts or axes, but whether intended as ornamental tools or for use, it is hard to determine. It contained also a very artistically-carved image of the beaver, only about one inch long, and considering the hardness of the material, perhaps the most perfect specimen of carving found in the State. It contained also several highly polished pendants sinkers, and a number of half spheres ot this material. These were worn on all sides by rubbing, and probably the abrasion of the material by rubbing furnished one of the most valued of paints. There are indications that the common Ohio iron ores were used for paint, and that the advantage of roasting them for that purpose had been learned. In a mound at the top of a hill several hundred feet high, opened by Mr. Peter Neff, in Knox County, a considerable amount of roasted iron was found which must have been taken from the plain below. BONE AND IRON IMPLEMENTS. Messrs. Bauder and Baldwin exhibited a collection of bone bodkins, awls and needles, obtained from the site of the Indian village, near Willoughby, already mentioned. This place has furnished the most perfect collection of bone and horn implements of any place in the State, much of which was collected by Mr. Williams, of Chagrin Falls. Speimens of deer's horn obtained show the work of cutting instruments operating like saws by which the thickest part of the horn was cut into strips longitudinally effecting a great saving of material and adapting it to the production of small bodkins and needles. The bones of almost all animals were utilized, but mainly for the production...