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Subject
Hopewell
culture
;
Woodland
culture
;
Mound-builders
;
Indian
copperwork
Description
This
large
,
circular
copper
cut-out
has
18
very
small
,
drilled
holes
evenly
spaced
around
the
circumference
. The
pattern
cut
from the
interior
circle
is
composed
of
four
circles
alternating
with
four
finger-like
projections
pointing
toward
the
center
.
Cut
in the
center
is
a
four-lobed
circle
with the
lobes
pointing
in the
opposite
direction
from the
finger-like
projections
.
All
of the
circles
have
smaller
circles
cut
from the
center
. The
obverse
(outward
facing)
side
is
moderate
yellowish
green
and the
reverse
(inward
facing)
side
is
dusky
green
. This
piece
comes
from
Hopewell
Culture
. In
Ohio
, the
Hopewell
Indians
(100
B.C.-A.D
.
500)
built
burial
mounds
and
large
earthen
enclosures
in
geometric
shapes
(circles
,
squares
, and
octagons)
to
mark
the
places
where
the
people
gathered
periodically
to
participate
in
many
social
and
ceremonial
events
.
Some
of these
sites
were
quite
large
-
the
Newark
Earthworks
complex
extends
over
a
4-square-mile
area
. The
Hopewell
people
also
maintained
a
large
trade
network
extending
as
far
as the
Rocky
Mountains
of
Wyoming
, the
Florida
coast
and
Appalachians
, and
northern
Lake
Superior
. This
item
was on
display
in the
First
Ohioans
Exhibit
at the
Ohio
Historical
Center
(1986-2006)
.
Creator
Hopewell
Culture
Type
copper
;
cutouts
Relation
http://publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm?action=detail&Page=00355.html&StartPage=1&EndPage=227&volume=35&newtitle=Volume%2035%20Page%201
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Images
are
provided
for
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purposes
only.
For
duplication
or
use
requests
,
please
go
to the
Ohio
Historical
Society's
Audiovisual
and
Graphic
Reproduction
Services
page.
;
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html
Description-Abstract
Large
,
circular
copper
cut-out
has
18
very
small
,
drilled
holes
evenly
spaced
around
the
circumference
. The
pattern
cut
out
of the
interior
circle
is
composed
of
four
circles
alternating
with
four
finger-like
projections
pointing
toward
the
center
.
Cut
in the
center
is
a
four-lobed
circle
with the
lobes
pointing
in the
opposite
direction
from the
finger-like
projections
.
All
of the
circles
have
smaller
circles
cut
from the
center
. The
obverse
(outward
facing)
side
is
moderate
yellowish
green
and the
reverse
(inward
facing)
side
is
dusky
green
.
Format-Extent
1
item
:
moderate
yellowish
green
,
dusky
green
;
0.9
mm
deep
,
188
mm
diameter
,
104
g
weight
.
Format-Medium
Copper
;
hammering
,
cutting
(dividing)
,
drilling
(process)
,
polishing
.
Coverage-Spatial
United
States--Ohio--Ross
County--Twin
Township
PDI.Title
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