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Ohio Archaeologist Volume 35 No OHIO ARCHAEOLOGIST VOLUME 35 NO. 3 SUMMER 1985 Published by THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF OHIO The Archaeological Society of Ohio Gordon Hart, 760 N Main St , Bluffton, Indiana 46714 EXPIRES O.A.S. OFFICERS David J Snyder, PO Box 388. Luckey, Ohio 43443 1986 President Don Gehlbach, 3435 Sciotangy Dr., Columbus, Dr Phillip R Shnver. Miami University. Oxford. Ohio 45056 Ohio 43221 -Tele: Home 459-0808. Bus 888-3572 Robert Hartei 1961 Buttermilk Hill. Delaware Ohio Associate I ''i'" Martha P otto, Ohio Historical Society, 1986 Vice President Scott Haskins, 2160 Fitzroy Dr.. Apt. A-6, Columbus, Ohio Columbus, Ohio 43224-Tele: Home 476-4843 Jeff Carskadden 960 Eastward Circle, Colony North 1986 Exec. Sect Martha Otto. 2200 E. Powell Rd., Westerville, Zanesville Ohm 43/01 Ohio 43081 -Tele: Home 846-7640, Bus 466-1500 Ext. 256 AII articles reviews and comments on the Ohio Archaeologist 1986 Treasurer Donald W. Foster, 54-E West Park St., Westerville, jhould be sent to the Iditoi Memberships reciuests toi back Ohio 43081 ^Tele: Home 891-7417 issues changes ot address and othei mattei should be sent to 1986 Recording Sect. Barbara Motts, 7050 Refugee Rd„ Canal the business office Winchester, Ohio 43110-Tele: Home 837-4862 1986 Immediate Past President Mike Kish, 39 Parkview Ave.. PLEASE NOTIFY BUSINESS OFFICE IMMEDIATELY OF AD­ Westerville. Ohio 43081 -Tele: Home 882-4176, DRESS CHANGES. BY POSTAL REGULATIONS SOCIETY MAIL Bus 890-3000 Ext 107 CANNOT BE FORWARDED. 1986 Editor Robert N Converse, 199 Converse Dr., Plain City, Ohio43064-Tele: Home 873-5471. Bus. 873-4664 Editorial Office TRUSTEES 199 Converse Drive. Plain City. Ohio 43081 1986 Dana L. Baker, 17240 Twp. Rd., 206. Mt. Victory, Ohio 43340-Tele: Home 513-354-3951 BUS. MANAGER 1986 Michael W. Schoenfeld. 524 Sycamore Dr., Pickerington, ji <a Redick, 3b w Riverglen Di Ohio 43147-Tele: Home 837-7088 Worthlngton, Ohio 43085 1986 Douglas Hooks, 120 Yoha Dr. Mansfield, Ohio 44907- Tele: Home 419-756-8782 Membership and Dues 1986 Wayne Mortine, Scott Dr, Oxford Hts., Newcomerstown, Annual dues to the Archaeological Society of Ohio are payable Ohio 43832-Tele: Home 498-71 78, Bus 498-7527 on the first of January as follows: Regular membership $12 00 Husband and wife (one copy of publication) $13 00. Life member­ 1988 AlvaMcGraw, 1177 Eastern Ave., Chillicothe. Ohio 45601 - ship $300 00 Funds are used for publishing the Ohio Archaeologist Tele: Home 773-4399 The Archaeological Society of Ohio is an incorporated non-profit 1988 Ernest G Good, 3402 Civic Place. Grove City, Ohio 43123- organization and has no paid officers or employees Tele: Home 875-6156 The Ohio Archaeologist is published quarterly ami subscription 1988 Donald A Casto, 138 Ann Ct., Lancaster, Ohio 43130- is included in the membership dues Tele: Home 653-9477 1988 Frank Otto. 2200 E. Powell Rd., Westerville, Ohio 43081 - Back Issues Tele: Home 846-7640 Publications and back issues of the Ohio Archaeologist. Regional Collaborators Ohio Flint Types, by Robert N Converse $ 5 00 David W Kuhn 2642 Shawnee Rd Portsmouth Ohio Ohjo Stone Tools, by Robert N Converse $ 4.00 Charles H Stout. Si 01 Redbenk Drive. Fairborn Ohio Ohio Slate Types, by Robert N Converse $10.00 Mark W Long Box 467, Wellstoii Ohio Back issues-black and white-each $ 4.00 Back issues-four full color plates-each $ 4 00 Steven Kelley Seaman, Ohio Back issues of trje Ohio Archaeologist printed prior to 1964 William Tiell 13435 Lake Ave . Lakewuod Ohio are generally out of print but copies are available from time to Robert Jaokman Box 30. WellaviHe Ohio 43968 time Write to business office for prices and availability James L Murphy University Libraries. 1858 Neil Avenue Mali, Columbus Ohio 43210 STANDING COMMITTEES SPECIAL COMMITTEES NOMINATING COMMITTEE PROGRAM COMMITTEE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE SOCIETY PHOTOGRAPHER Robert Converse Chairman Martha oiio Chairman Jeff Carskadden Chairman Mike Schoenfeld Richard Patterson Steve Fullei FLOOR MANAGERS Jack Hooks ji ihn Winsch Jell Brown James Murphy COMMITTEE w.iyno M. irtme Bob Hill Joy Jones Don Casto Chairman Dana Bskei MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Edith Campbell AUDITING COMMITTEE j.me Weidnei Chairman SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS Dave United COMMITTEE Don Fostei Chairman Sharon Puttera Robert White Craig Cn ila Mike Wilson Roy Stuart Mike Schoenfeld Ken Saunders Jeff Carskadden Martha otto COMMITTEE TO STUDY EXHIBITS COMMITTEE Billy Hillen Gleg Shipley Scott Haskins BUDGETING Don Casio Co-Chairman Wayne Moitine Kim Ellis Don Foster Chairman Frank Olto Co-Chaiunan Jim Perry Billy Hillen Scotl Haskins RAFFLE COMMITTEE James Qreenlee Chris Olenick. Chairman Eugenia Kish Jim Hahn Jim Gooding Sieve Olenick jason Greenlee Dawn Wilson Jim Pel ry Warren Mears Jane Weidnei FRAUDULENT ARTIFACTS 1 Buddy Haney (Joe Redick] Doug Hooks COMMITTEE Scott Haskins COMMITTEE TO REVIEW Dana Baker, Co-Chairman EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS Steve Puttera Steve Fuller Co-Chairman COMMITTEE Robert Converse, Co-Chairman LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE Doug Hooks Robert Hill Chairman William King Chairman I )t in Bapsl Craig Cii'' ' Don Gehlbach. Co-Chairman Robert Converse Jeff Fruth Tom Grubb Dan Rosette Ernie Good James Gooding Jim Hahn Virginia Morelock Dorothy Good Martha Olto Paul Ford Mark Seeley Lar Hothem Table Of Contents President's Column Historic Contact Hammer Poll Tomahawks 4 Every year we hear of more and more What Is It? 7 spectacular field finds. Many treasurers have been recovered this year in Central Indian Intermound Orientations In Ohio 8 Ohio alone. Among recent finds have been a fine humped gorget, a repaired A Possible Piano Camp Site In Sandusky County, Ohio 11 butterfly and several exquisite members An Important Hopewell Workshop In Fairfield County, Ohio 12 of the dovetail family. Your President participated in field work (described Points and Barbs 15 elsewhere in this magazine) in which a number of fine artifacts were recovered. Glacial Kame Artifacts From Fort Wayne 16 These included several highly colored The Plummet As Amulet 17 Hopewell flint ridge blades and two rare copper celts. All of this means the best Old Lyme Village Historic Contact Clay Pipes 20 collecting may be just ahead. A Cache Of Early Adena Points 22 At the time this article was written both the Vietzen meeting and Dover show of The Darby Plains 23 the summer series have been held. Both The Straite Site Excavation 24 meetings were highly successful with excellent attendance and once again Another Red Ocher Discovery In Ross County 26 those who were there enjoyed seeing regional collections including a con­ Perseverance Rewarded 29 siderable amount of site material. In An Unfinished Ottawa County Archaic Tubular Bannerstone 30 particular at the Elyria Vietzen picnic show, Stan Edwards won best of show A Large Paleo Point 32 with his late prehistoric site display from Two Knox County Artifacts 32 Sandusky Bay. One interesting aspect of this unique exhibit was that much of Tremper Mound Farm To Be Sold 33 the site is submerged along the shore­ line of the Bay and was actually exca­ Ancient Art Of The American Woodland Indians 34 vated by boat. At our Dover meeting we were treated to an outstanding display of paleo mate­ rial belonging to Ken Spahr and again had the opportunity to see the quality collection of John Kohr. John's notched ovates were a highlight. Both were award winners. We appreciate the efforts of these indi­ viduals and many other fine people who help to make the summer meetings successful. A brief note—The Sugar Creek group of the A.SO. have been working at the Yant mound and village site as a chapter project. Other chapters in the state might take notice and develop similar activities which build interest in amateur archae­ ology, provide invaluable education to members and add important information to the archaeological record in Ohio. D. R. Gehlbach, President Front Cover Back Cover Artifacts from the collection of Don Bapst, Briggsdale, Knobbed crescents, collection of Don Bapst, Briggs­ Ohio. dale, Ohio. Engraved pipestone boatstone—Scioto County, Ohio. Small banded slate horseshoe-shaped crescent—Mum- Fossiliferous limestone gorget—Glover's cave, Christian ford farm, Morrow County, Ohio. County, Kentucky. Banded slate crescent with large knobs—Newville, Rich­ Serpentine bannerstone —Stark County, Ohio. land County, Ohio. Pipestone bannerstone —Coolville, Athens County, Ohio. Long knobbed crescent—Franklin County, Ohio. Green and brown chlorite bannerstone—Venice Twp., Seneca County, Ohio. Historic Contact Hammer Poll Tomahawks By Phillip R. Shriver Miami University Braddock near the forks of the Ohio In his authoritative study entitled particularly in the style of warfare prev­ alent in the East during the seventeenth River in 1755 at the beginning of the American Indian Tomahawks, Harold L. French and Indian war and who success- Peterson has observed that The metal and eighteenth centuries. In the nine­ teenth century West, the tomahawk was fully fought the armies of Generals trade tomahawk has long been an object Josiah Harmar and Arthur St. Clair in of fascination for both amateur collector less important as a weapon. Customs of warfare were different, and often in­ 1790 and 1791 in the Indian wars in and ethnologist. Few other implements eastern Indiana and western Ohio. Black have ever combined so many different volved the horse. Even so, tomahawks were used [in the West]... and there are Hoof died near Wapakoneta in what was functions: tool, weapon, scepter, symbol then called "Black Hoof's Town" (now and smoking pipe. In this one instru­ skulls in the Army Medical Museum bearing tomahawk wounds which were St. Johns) in 1831 at the advanced age ment is collected the lore of handicraft, of 102. His long-stemmed catlinite pipe warfare, prestige, ceremony and per­ collected as late as 1869.... Because of its importance and constant use as a as well as his hammer poll tomahawk sonal comfort." Supported in his re­ still remain.
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