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Title
Earspool
Subject
Mississippian culture
Mound-builders
Indian copperwork
Stone carving
Time Period
Mississippian
Description
This
circular
,
sandstone
earspool
is
incised
with an
overall
chevron
pattern
on the
obverse
side
. A
sheet
of
copper
covers
the
obverse
and
retains
the
chevron
pattern
of the
stone
underneath
. The
earspool
has a
drilled
hole
in the
center
. The
stone
is
light
gray
,
reddish
brown
, and
very
dark
gray
; the
copper
is
moderate
green
,
greenish
black
, and
light
greenish
gray
. This
piece
comes
from
Mississippian
Culture
.
Between
about
A.D
.
700
and
900
,
people
living
in the
central
Mississippi
River
valley
developed
a
lifestyle
that
archaeologists
refer
to as
Mississippian
.
Mississippian
farmers
raised
the
same
crops
as their
Woodland
ancestors
.
However
, they
relied
more
and
more
on
corn
,
squash
, and
beans
.
It
is
believed
that the
Mississippian
people
had to
move
to
new
sites
,
perhaps
every
ten
years
, as their
soil
became
less
fertile
.
Most
Mississippian
groups
lived
on
single
farms
or in
small
villages
, but,
because
their
food
supply
could
support
more
people
, their
villages
grew
in
size
and
density
.
Some
archaeologists
believe
the
Mississippian
cultures
developed
chiefdoms
in
which
certain
persons
held
a
great
deal
of
power
. In
many
of the
larger
towns
and
regional
centers
, the
Mississippian
people
built
flat-topped
pyramid-shaped
mounds
of
earth
that
served
as
bases
for
buildings
.
Archaeologists
believe
that these
buildings
may
have been the
homes
of
leaders
or
places
for
public
rituals
. What
happened
to the
Mississippian
cultures
is
not
clear
, but there was a
decline
or
disruption
of their
lifestyle
beginning
in
some
places
as
early
as
A.D
.
1350
.
Collection
A.
T
.
Wehrle
Collection
Source
WH04
Box
CF0010
; A
3490/000254_020_A
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
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Type
StillImage
File Name
A3490_000254_020_A.tif
Image Height
2448
Image Width
3264
File Size
23985724 Bytes
Format
picture
;
artifacts
Extent
17.8 mm deep, 68.4 mm, 14.7 mm interior diameter.
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