Disk
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Title |
Disk |
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Subject |
Woodland culture
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Time Period |
Late Woodland |
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Description |
This dark gray, slate disk is irregularly shaped and comes from the Late Woodland Period. Current research suggests that Early and Middle Woodland people moved from site to site as the seasons changed. Later on, the time spent in one place may have lengthened so the people could tend to their crops. By about A.D. 600, Late Woodland peoples lived in permanent villages. However, they may have traveled to remote camps to collect nuts in the fall or fish in the spring. The Late Woodland groups supported themselves to a great extent by raising crops. At first they grew large amounts of maygrass, goosefoot, and knotweed. By A.D. 1000, corn became important too. The Late Woodland people also hunted game using spears tipped with Chesser Notched or Jacks Reef points; they also developed the bow and arrow. It seems that Late Woodland groups lived in many parts of Ohio well past A.D. 1000. How these people interacted with each other and their environment is the subject of much current archaeological research. |
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Collection |
J. C. Allman Collection |
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Source |
WH04 Box CF0005; A 3233/000140 |
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Submitting Institution |
Ohio Historical Society |
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Rights |
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/collections--archives/digital-collections--services/rights--reproduction |
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Type |
StillImage |
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File Name |
A3233_000140.tif |
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Image Height |
2448 |
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Image Width |
3264 |
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File Size |
23983020 Bytes |
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Format |
picture; artifacts |
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Extent |
77 mm wide, 108.8 mm long, 10.4 mm deep, 137 g weight. |
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