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OHIO ARCHAEOLOGIST VOLUME 48 NO. 2 SPRING 1998 The Archaeological Society of Ohio MEMBERSHIP AND DUES Annual dues to the Archaeological Society of Ohio are payable on the first of January as follows: Regular membership $17.50; husband and wife (one TERM copy of publication) $18.50; Individual Life Membership $300. Husband and EXPIRES A.S.O. OFFICERS wife Life Membership $500. Subscription to the Ohio Archaeologist, pub 2000 President Jeb Bowen, 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, OH lished quarterly, is included in the membership dues. The Archaeological 43224, (419)-585-2571. Society of Ohio is an incorporated non-profit organization. 2000 Vice-President William Pickard, 1003 Carlisle Ave., BACK ISSUES Columbus, OH 43224, (614)-262-9615. Publications and back issues of the Ohio Archaeologist: 2000 Executive Secretary Charles Fulk, 2122 Cottage Street, Ash Ohio Flint Types, by Robert N. Converse $37.50 add $4.50 P-H land, OH 44805, (419)-289-8313. Ohio Stone Tools, by Robert N. Converse $ 8.00 add $1.50 P-H 2000 Recording Secretary Laurie Pahdopony, 4667 Refugee Rd., Ohio Slate Types, by Robert N. Converse $15.00 add $1.50 P-H Columbus, OH 43232. (614)-759-6344. The Glacial Kame Indians, by Robert N. Converse.$20.00 add $1.50 P-H 2000 Treasurer Gary Kapusta, 3294 Herriff Rd., Ravenna, OH 44266, 1980's & 1990's $ 6.00 add $1.50 P-H 1970's $ 8.00 add $1.50 P-H (330)-296-2287. 1960's $10.00 add $1.50 P-H 2000 Editor Robert N. Converse, 199 Converse Drive, Plain City, Back issues of the Ohio Archaeologist printed prior to 1964 are gen OH 43064, (614)-873-5471. erally out of print but copies are available from time to time. Write to 2000 Immediate Past President Carmel "Bud" Tackett, 906 business office for prices and availability. Charleston Pike, Chillicothe, OH 45601, (614J-772-5431. ASO CHAPTERS Aboriginal Explorers Club BUSINESS MANAGER President: Dick Getz, 10949 Millersburg Rd SW, Massillon, OH Paul Wildermuth, 2505 Logan-Thornville Road, Rushville, OH 43150, 1-800-736-7815. Alum Creek Chapter President: Craig Alward, 62 Belle Ave., Delaware, OH Beau Fleuve Chapter TRUSTEES President: Clarence K. Thomas, 291 Harrison Ave., Buffalo, NY 2000 James G. Hovan, 16979 South Meadow Circle, Strongsville, Blue Jacket Chapter OH 44136, (2161-238-1799. President: Jim Bartlett, 6044 East Rt. 36, Cable, OH 2000 Steven Kish, 3014 Clark Mill Road, Norton, OH 44203 Chippewa Valley Chapter (216)-753-7081. President: Carl Szafranski, 6106 Ryan Rd, Medina, OH 2000 Walt Sperry, 6910 Range Line Road, Mt. Vernon, OH 43050, Cuyahoga Valley Chapter (6141-393-2314. President: Gary J. Kapusta, 3294 Herriff Rd., Ravenna, OH 2000 Russell Strunk, 1608 Clough Pike, Batavia, OH 45103, Dividing Ridges Chapter (5131-732-1400. President: John Mocic, Box 170, RD#1, Valley Drive, 2002 Martha P. Otto, 2200 East Powell Road, Westerville, OH Dilles Bottom, OH 43801,(614)-297-2641. Flint Ridge Chapter 2002 Carl Szafranski, 6106 Ryan Road, Medina, OH 44256, President: Samuel Bush, 2500 Condit Dr., Pataskala, OH (330)-723-7122. Fort Salem Chapter 2002 Elaine Holzapfel, 415 Memorial Drive, Greenville, OH 45331, President: Lamont Baudendistel, 310 Water St., Bethel, OH (937)-548-0325. Fulton Creek Chapter 2002 John Mocic, Box 170, R.D. #1, Dilles Bottom, OH 43947 President: Don Mathys, 23000 St. Rt. 47, West Mansfield, OH (7401-676-1077. Johnny Appleseed Chapter President: Randy Hancock, 1202 St. Rt. 302, Ashland, OH REGIONAL COLLABORATORS King Beaver Chapter David W. Kuhn, 2103 Grandview Ave., Portsmouth, OH 45662 President: Richard McConnell, RD#8, Box 41, New Castle, PA Mark W. Long, Box 627, Jackson, OH 45640 Kyger Creek Chapter Steven Kelley, Seaman, OH President: Ruth A. Warden, 350 Watson Grove Rd., Cheshire, OH William Tiell, 13435 Lake Ave., Lakewood, OH Lake County Chapter James L. Murphy, University Libraries, 1858 Neil Avenue Mall, President: Douglas Divish, 35900 Chardon Rd, Willoughby Hills, OH Columbus, OH 43210 Lower Ohio River Valley Basin Chapter President: Sherry Peck, 598 Harvey Rd., Patriot, OH Gordon Hart, 760 N. Main St., Bluffton, Indiana 46714 Miamiville Chapter David J. Snyder, P.O. Box 388, Luckey, OH 43443 President: Raymond Lovins, P.O. Box 86, Miamiville, OH Dr. Phillip R. Shriver, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 Mound City Chapter Jeff Carskadden, 960 Eastward Circle, Colony North, President: Carmel "Bud" Tackett, 906 Charleston Pk., Chillicothe, OH Zanesville, OH 43701 Painted Post Chapter Elaine Holzapfel, 415 Memorial Drive, Greenville, OH 45331 President: Brian Zack, 511 Pershing, Salem, OH All articles, reviews, and comments regarding the Ohio Archaeologist Plum Run Chapter should be sent to the Editor. Memberships, requests for back issues, President: Christopher Darin, Morning Glory Farm, 37086 Eagleton Rd,. changes of address, and other inquiries should be sent to the Busi Lisbon, OH ness Manager. Sandusky Bay Chapter President: George DeMuth, 4303 Nash Rd., Wakeman, OH Sandusky Valley Chapter PLEASE NOTIFY THE BUSINESS MANAGER OF ADDRESS President: Terri Hesson, 12440 St. Rte. 103, E, Carey, OH CHANGES IMMEDIATELY SINCE, BY POSTAL REGULATIONS, Seneca Arrow Hunters Chapter SOCIETY MAIL CANNOT BE FORWARDED. President: Don Weller, Jr., 3232 S. State Rt. 53, Tiffin, OH Six River Valley Chapter President: Brian G. Foltz, 6566 Charles Rd., Westerville, OH Standing Stone Chapter NEW BUSINESS OFFICE PHONPresident:E BeNUMBEn BurchamR, 381 1 S. County Line Rd., Johnstown, OH Sugarcreek Valley Chapter 1-800-736-781President:5 Tom Hornbrook, 4665 Carmont Ave., SW, Navarre, OH TOLL FREE TABLE OF CONTENTS PRESIDENT'S PAGE Thank you for the honor of electing me to serve as President of The Russell Mortine Site the Archaeological Society of Ohio. I shall make every effort to con by Wayne A. Mortine 4 tinue in the excellent tradition of service exemplified by my prede Three Adena Gorgets and a Pendant cessor in office, Bud Tackett. My special thanks and congratulations to the other officers, both newly elected and those continuing in by Larry Dyer 10 office. Lastly, I would like to remind each member that this is your Secret of the Little Miami Society. Any suggestions as well as any assistance are always wel by Michael J. Shannon 11 come. The Melvin Phillips Mounds Revisited Thank You byD.R. Gehlbach 12 J.E. Bo wen Revisiting the Greenbrier Farm Mound byD.R. Gehlbach 14 Do We Have Neanderthal Ancestors? by Elaine Holzapfel 16 A Large Pestle From Erie County, Ohio by David W. Didion 19 Fine 3/4 Groove Axes by Richard Puterbaugh 21 Two Pipes From the Chester Larsen Collection by Chester Larsen 22 Ohio Discoidals by Chester Larsen 23 Award Winners and Scenes From 1998 A.S.O. Meetings 24 Update on the Renewed 1997 Dual-tipped Point Survey SOCIETY MEMBERS by Claude Britt, Jr. 26 Engraved Discoidal by David W. Kuhn 27 DO YOUR PART! Johnny Appleseed Chapter Awards Meeting by Jeff Zemrock 28 New Data on the Beaver Pond Site in Shelby County, Ohio ENLIST A NEW MEMBER by Claude Britt, Jr. 29 Roland Barnett Collection Displayed 30 A Corner Notch Point JOIN A CHAPTER by Walt Sperry 31 A Crawford County Expanded Notch by Walt Sperry 31 CONTRIBUTE AN ARTICLE A Fluted Point Find by Norman and Helen Wright 32 A Large Knife by Norman and Helen Wright 32 Miscellaneous Southwestern Medina County Artifacts by Jason Hanna 33 Andy Parks and the Pestle From Forty-Foot Pitch by Elaine Holzapfel 34 Bone Processing As A Factor In Interpretation Of A Late Woodland Site In Western New York by Zygmunt A. Bieniulis 36 Arrowheads - Sometimes by Scott Haskins 40 Annual Converse Award Presented To Dr. David Stothers 41 Book Review 42 Notice 43 Front Cover: This large Ohio Hopewell spear is in the collection of American Indian Burial Bill (H.B. 429) Ken Simper, Hamilton, Indiana. It is 7'A inches long and by David W. Kuhn 43 is made of Flint Ridge flint. THE RUSSELL MORTINE SITE by Wayne A. Mortine Newcomerstown, Ohio The Russell Mortine farm was located were also recovered, as well as the post a few hundred yards west of the ice in Section 16, southern Hopewell Town hole pattern of a circular pole structure. margin. The resulting diversity of topog ship, Muskingum County, Ohio. This 180 The presence of Flint Ridge along the raphy, soils, and vegetation within the acre farm was surface collected exten northern periphery of the drainage was Jonathan Creek drainage basin as a sively by my late father Russell Mortine certainly an important factor in attracting whole, and particularly within the imme and occasionally by other family mem Adena, Hopewell, and other prehistoric diate area of the Mortine farm, would bers for approximately 20 years (from the peoples to the valley, as were the have provided a high degree of ecological late 1950s through the early 1970s). In the numerous rock overhangs and caves that variability. That is, there would have been following pages the artifacts from my could be found along Kent Run and other a great variety of plants and animals in father's collection will be discussed and tributaries which flow south from Flint the area that could have been utilized by illustrated. Ridge. Many of these shelters have been the prehistoric Indians. excavated and most have produced Natural Setting and Nearby Sites Adena and Hopewell artifacts, as well as The Mortine Site Artifacts Nearly all of the artifacts collected on artifacts from other periods. The closest There were 825 worked stone artifacts the farm were from a single site located of these shelters to the Mortine site is the collected from the Russell Mortine site. on the south side of Kent Run on a broad Fred Gutridge Cave (Pickenpaugh 1974), Many of these were in the early stages of creek bottom and a high adjoining ter located only a half mile up Kent Run, and manufacture and indefinite as to their ulti race.