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OHIO ARCHAEOLOGIST VOLUME 17 OCTOBER 1967 NUMBER 4 25^6 m^tx Published by THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF OHIO The Archaeological Society of Ohio Editorial Office Business Office 519 Front Street 423 Washington Avenue Marietta, Ohio 45750 Elyria, Ohio 44035 Officers President — Robert N. Converse, Plain City, Ohio 43064 1968 Vice President — Ensil Chadwick, Route 3, Mt. Vernon, Ohio 43050 1968 Executive Secretary — John Sarnovsky, 423 Washington Ave., Elyria, Ohio 44035 1968 Recording Secretary — E. R. Hughes, 216 N. George St., West Lafayette, Ohio 1968 Treasurer —J. Grant Keys, P.O. Box 637, Elyria, Ohio 44035 1968 Trustees Harry Hopkins, Box 322, Route 3, Piqua, Ohio 45356 1968 Dorothy L. Good, 15 Civic Drive, Grove City, Ohio 43123 1968 Charles L. Gschwind, 308 Grove Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45215 1968 John C. Allman, 1336 Cory Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45406 1970 Harley W. Glenn, 1394 W- Third Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43212 1970 Summers A. Redick, 35 W. Riverglen Dr., Worthington, Ohio 43085 1970 Editorial Staff and Publications Committee Editor — Richard Patterson, 519 Front St., Marietta, Ohio 45750 Technical Editor — Raymond S. Baby, The Ohio State Museum, N. High and 15th Avenue Associate Editor — Martha A. Potter, The Ohio State Museum, N. High and 15th Avenue Production Manager — Ernest Good, 15 Civic Drive, Grove City, Ohio 43123 Regional Collaborators — John C. Allman, 1336 Cory Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45406 Gerald Brickman, 409 Locust Street, Findlay, Ohio 45840 Jeff Carskadden, 285 W. Willow Drive, Zanesville, Ohio 43705 Robert Converse, Plain City, Ohio 43064 Mrs. Betty Crawford, 1119 Seminole Avenue, Mansfield, Ohio 44906 Elmer H. Grimm, 1217 Murray Ridge, Elyria, Ohio 44038 Richard H. Johnson, R.R. 3, Marion (Meeker), Ohio 44305 James R. Johnston, 2435 Copland Boulevard, Toledo, Ohio 43614 Richard Patterson, R.R. 2, Marietta, Ohio 45750 Robert Phillippi, P.O. Box 995, Station A, Alliance, Ohio Dr. Olaf H. Prufer, Dept. of Humanities, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio Summers A. Redick, 35 W. Riverglen Drive, Worthington, Ohio 43085 Ralph J. Servey, 1726 Baird Avenue, Portsmouth, Ohio 45664 M. Joseph Becker, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606 Frank Soday, 5709 East 61st Court, Tulsa, Oklahoma Back Issues — Terry Hiller, P.O. Box 531, Gnadenhutten, Ohio 44629 Object of the Society The Archaeological Society of Ohio is organized to discover and conserve archaeological sites and material within the State of Ohio; to seek and promote a better understanding among students and collectors of archaeological material, professional and non-professional, including individuals, museums, and institutions of learning; and to disseminate knowledge on the subject of archaeology. Membership in this society shall be open to any person of good character interested in archaeology or the collect ing of American Indian artifacts, upon acceptance of written application and payment of dues. * * * * * * * ************ * The annual dues are payable on the first of January, as follows: Regular membership $4.50; Husband and Wife (one copy of pub lication) $5.50; Sustaining $25.00. Funds are used for publishing Ohio Archaeologist and for other necessary expenses of the Society. The Archaeological Society of Ohio is an incorporated non-profit organization, and has no paid officers or employees. Ohio Archaeologist is published quarterly. Subscription is included in the Society's membership dues. Back issues may be pur chased at these prices: per issue $1.25, per set of 4 issues $4.50 except when one of the following issues is included to change the price; double issues $2.00 (vol. 12, no. 1-2 Jan.-April, no. 3-4 July-Oct. 1962). Mail your remittance payable to The Archaeo logical Society of Ohio, to Terry Hunter, Box 231, Gnadenhutten, Ohio. "Ohio Flint Types" (vol. 13, no. 4, Oct. 1963) and "Ohio Stone Tools"'(vol. 16, no. 4, Oct. 1966) $2.00 each. Mail your remittance, payable to The Archaeological Society of Ohio, to Robert N. Converse, Plain City, Ohio 43064. Address all articles, personal news, queries, comments, etc. to The Editor. Address dues payments and questions related to dues to The Treasurer. Address membership applications and other correspondence to the Executive Secretary. W111W ARCHAEOLOGIST VOLUME 17 Table of Contents NUMBER 4 Officers, Trustees, Editorial Staff second cover The Cover 124 Editor's Page 125 President's Page 126 Island Creek Archaic Burial Site 127-128 Indian Skeletons From a Sinkhole Cavern In Wyandot County, Northwestern Ohio 129-138 The Hazlett Mound Group 139-143 An Unfinished Fluted Point Base 144 The Solether Site 145-152 "The Hardstones" Pendants and Gorgets 153-157 Restored Flint Artifacts 158 Onondaga Chert In Northern Ohio 159-162 An Engraved and Dated Slate Gorget 163-164 The Newman Site 165-167 Cover Photograph The trade silver gorget shown on the cover was made by Philip Hur- beart in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between 1750 and 1764. It is 5 inches long and is decorated with a beaver. The gorget was found with a his toric Indian burial 1 mile east of Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio. 124 Editor's Page I would like to take the opportunity at this time to express my per sonal appreciation to all of the individuals who have contributed articles and pictures for publication in the Ohio Archaeologist this year. Without the assistance and enthusiasm of these people we would have simply been unable to compile enough material in which to have continued the present publication schedules. There were some difficulties encountered through out the year in regards to obtaining enough submitted reports in time to meet the printing deadlines, which of course resulted in delays for dis tribution of our magazine to the membership. There is a continuous lack of backlogue material in our files for use in future issues. We must expect to encounter additional delays in having our magazine published unless a larger percentage of the membership contributes the required amount of submitted reports and photographs. I would especially like to call upon the regional collaborators for a renewed effort to seek the help of the members in their vicinities of Ohio in the request for publication materials. Members are urged to suggest any ideas they may have that would contribute to the improvement and preparation of our Society's magazine. The 1967 season has produced some interesting and informative re ports of archaeological activities in the State of Ohio. With the continued cooperation of the Society member who makes it his personal responsibility to send in photographs and stories of the artifacts that he finds, we can certainly look forward to improvements in the quality of the Ohio Archae ologist for 1968. 125 President's Page I recently received a letter from Mr. Joseph Dunlap, Secretary of the Allen County Historical Society, thanking the Archaeological Society for publishing the article and pictures on the artifacts stolen from their mu seum. On the same weekend several effigy pipes and monitor pipes were stolen from the Ohio Historical Society Museum in Columbus. It seems apparent that the two thefts were perpetrated by the same people. And it is equally apparent that the thieves were knowledgeable and not after common Indian artifacts—they knew what was rare and valuable and that is what they stole. In the Allen County thefts two pieces of questionable authenticity were ignored. The Tremper pipes were easily the most unique of all prehistoric Indian sculpture and can only be duplicated by the Mound City pipes which now reside in the attic of the British Museum. Mr. Dun- lap's letter expressed the hope that the stories would help bring about the recovery of these priceless pieces, a hope shared by our Society. To be quite frank, the thought never occurred to me that the person or persons whole stole these artifacts might be members of the Archaeo logical Society of Ohio and may be reading these words at this very mo ment. Whoever has these artifacts must face the dilemma of possessing stolen property and being both unable to dispose of it or to display it. Should someone buy these pieces, he then becomes an accessory and is presented with the same problem. These crimes are doubly regrettable in that it not only casts a shadow of doubt upon honest collectors, but it also deprives the public or anyone else, other than the guilty individual, from ever viewing these relics of our past. This great resurgence of interest in things of antiquity in the last few years has inevitably brought into our hobby people who will either counterfeit or steal objects of our heritage for monetary or personal gain. Museum thefts are nothing new, but these are the first major ones of archaeological material in Ohio. Should any of our members have any knowledge of, or be offered any of these pieces for sale, he should inform the proper people. Both the Ohio Historical Society and the Allen County Historical Society are primarily concerned with recovering the stolen property. If the people who now have them, because of fear or conscience, wish to return them, I'm sure that arrangements could be made to transfer them to the places where they rightfully belong. Robert N. Converse President 126 Island Creek Archaie Burial Site Berlin Reservoir Archaeological Survey by DARL J. FIFER Curator of Archaeology, Portage County Historical Society Ravenna, Ohio The Island Creek Burial Site is located on a small knoll east of Island Creek, north of North Benton, Ohio, and west of a small summer com munity known as Little Bedford. (See Fig. 1) The land was formerly owned by Charles H. Wright, parcel R-74A. The site had been under ob servation by the author of this report from 1956 to the spring of 1966. From the fall of 1965 to the spring of 1966 the knoll on which the site was situated had collapsed 21 inches because of erosion.