Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley / Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. I.
Ancient Works, Marietta, Ohio.
SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE.
VOL. I.
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PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
MDCCCXLVIII.
PRINTED BY EDWARD O. JENKINS, 114 Nassau street, New York.
FROM THE SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE.
ANCIENT MONUMENTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
BY E. G. SQUIER, A.M., AND E. H. DAVIS, M.D.
EVERY MAN IS A VALUABLE MEMBER OF SOCIETY, WHO, BY HIS OBSERVATIONS, RESEARCHES, AND EXPERIMENTS, PROCURES KNOWLEDGE FOR MEN.—SMITHSON.
E. G. Squier
E. H. Davis
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ADVERTISEMENT.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF PLATES.
PLATES SUPPLEMENTAL DATA.
LIST OF WOOD ENGRAVINGS.
PREFACE.
ANCIENT MONUMENTS. CHAPTER I. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
CHAPTER II. EARTHWORKS—ENCLOSURES.
WORKS OF DEFENCE.
PLATE VI. FORTIFIED HILL, BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO.
PLATE VIII. No. 1. [From the Surveys and Notes of JAMES MCBRIDE.]
PLATE VIII. No. 2.
PLATE VIII. No. 3.
PLATE IX. No. 1. FORTIFIED HILL, NEAR GRANVILLE, LICKING COUNTY, OHIO.
PLATE IX. No. 3. ANCIENT WORK NEAR LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. [From the RAFINESQUE MSS.]
PLATE XI. No. 1. [From the Surveys and Notes of JAMES MCBRIDE.]
PLATE XI. No. 2.
PLATE XI. No. 3.
PLATE XII. No. 2.
PLATE XII. No. 4.
PLATE XIII. No. 1. [From the RAFINESQUE MSS.]
CHAPTER III. EARTHWORKS—SACRED ENCLOSURES.
PLATE XXI. No. 4.
PLATE XXII. No. 2. BLACKWATER GROUP, ROSS COUNTY, OHIO.
PLATE XXIII. No. 2. ANCIENT WORKS, ATHENS COUNTY, OHIO.
PLATE XXIV. ANCIENT WORKS, PIKE COUNTY, OHIO.
PLATE XXVII. THE PORTSMOUTH WORKS, SCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO.
PLATE XXVIII. PORTSMOUTH WORKS—GROUP A.
PLATE XXVIII. PORTSMOUTH WORKS—GROUP B.
PLATE XXVIII. PORTSMOUTH WORKS—GROUP C.
PLATE XXX. No. 3. ANCIENT WORK NEAR BOURNEVILLE, ROSS COUNTY, OHIO.
PLATE XXX. No. 4. STONE WORK ON “BLACK RUN,” ROSS COUNTY, OHIO.
PLATE XXXI. GRADED WAY, NEAR PIKETON, PIKE COUNTY, OHIO.
PLATE XXXIV. No. 1. ANCIENT WORK, CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO.
PLATE XXXIV. No. 2.
PLATE XXXV. THE GREAT SERPENT, ADAMS COUNTY, OHIO.
PLATE XXXVI. No. 1. “THE CROSS,” PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO.
PLATE XXXVI. No. 2. “THE ALLIGATOR,” LICKING COUNTY, OHIO.
PLATE XXXVI. No. 4.
CHAPTER IV. MONUMENTS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES.
PLATE XXXVII. REMAINS ON THE WATEREE RIVER, KERSHAW DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA.
PLATE XXXVIII. No. 4. ANCIENT WORKS, PRAIRIE JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA.
PLATE XL. ANCIENT MONUMENTS, DADE COUNTY, WISCONSIN.
ALTAR OR SACRIFICIAL MOUNDS.
MOUNDS OF OBSERVATION.
STONE HEAPS.
CHAPTER X. REMAINS OF ART FOUND IN THE MOUNDS.
POTTERY AND ARTICLES OF CLAY.
CHAPTER XI. IMPLEMENTS OF METAL.
