Tooth Artifact
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Title |
Tooth Artifact |
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Subject |
Fort Ancient culture
Teeth
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Time Period |
Late Prehistoric |
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Description |
This canine tooth, likely from a wolf, has a hole drilled at the root end. There are four parallel incisions on the excurvate margin (outward curving surface). The tooth is pale yellow in color and 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. |
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Collection |
Adam Gartner Collection |
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Source |
WH04 Box CF0009; A 3/000032.001 |
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Submitting Institution |
Ohio History Connection |
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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 |
A0003_000032_001.tif |
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Image Height |
2448 |
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Image Width |
3264 |
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File Size |
23983984 Bytes |
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Format |
picture; artifacts |
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Extent |
13.4 mm wide, 49.2 mm long, 8.1 mm deep, 6 g weight. |
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