Title	Tooth Artifact
Subject	Fort Ancient culture Teeth
Time Period	Late Prehistoric
Description	This incisor, possibly from a deer, was probably broken during the life of the animal. It has a long, narrow root and there is a hole drilled near the end of the root. The tooth enamel is white and the root is pale yellow. This piece comes from Fort Ancient Culture. The Fort Ancient people were a late prehistoric culture living in southern Ohio between 1,100 and 450 years ago. Fort Ancient people were Ohio's original farmers, growing crops of corn, beans, and squash, and thrived in southern Ohio and northern Kentucky. Villages were made up of a number of circular or rectangular houses surrounding an open plaza. The Fort Ancient people continued to build small burial mounds, but gradually shifted to burials in a cemetery area with no mounds.
Collection	Adam Gartner Collection
Source	WH04 Box CF0009; A 3/000035.001
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
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
Type	StillImage
File Name	A0003_000035_001.tif
Image Height	2448
Image Width	3264
File Size	23983916 Bytes
Format	picture; artifacts
Extent	7.6 mm wide, 36.2 mm long, 9.0 mm deep, 2 g weight.

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