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Title: Ohio archæological and historical quarterly
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
Subjects: History Archaeology
Publisher: Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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ith the bed of the stream, for it was filled with water dur-ing almost the entire time of our explorations. The floor of theshelter gradually slopes upward to the east, so that the east endis two and one-half feet higher than the west end. CONTENTS OF THE SHELTER. The examination of Boone Rock shelter proper was veryunsatisfactory, as every portion of the accumulation of debriswithin the enclosure had been many times dug over and disar-ranged by relic hunters in their search for artifacts, making itimpossible to draw any conclusion from the few implements andornaments found scattered through the debris upon the floor ofthe shelter. So completely had the work been done previous toour coming that a careful examination by the use of a small handtrowel only gave us one arrow point of flint, three bone beads,one bone awl made from the tarsometatarsus of the wild turkey,and six small pieces of pottery. The animal bones usuallyexpected to be present in the habitation sites of prehistoric man
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pIGi 6—Broken pottery, Hopewell culture. I.(187) 188 Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications. were few within the shelter, and no doubt many had been carriedaway by former searchers; however, specimens of the bones ofthe Virginia deer, black bear, raccoon and wild turkey weresecured. Mr. John Steele, of Jackson, who had dug into the debris oithe shelter many times during previous years, presented the fol-lowing specimens taken from the shelter: Six arrow points andtwo spear points of flint, one bone bead, and one broken copperpiece, presumably a part of a bracelet. It is Mr. Steeles opinionthat many specimens have been exhumed from this shelter byboys from the neighborhood, and the majority of the specimensare lost. THE SITE DIRECTLY IN FRONT) OF THE SHELTER. For many years the site directly in front of the rock shelterand extending a hundred feet or more in front of the bluff to theeast was known as the bone yard to many local archaeologistsand citizens of Jackson and vicinity, a

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