Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio by Earnest A. Hooten

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Prehistoric Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio

Earnest A. Hooten(1898)

Gustav's Library Vintage Reprint

The famed Madisonville site yielded over 1,400 burials and thousands of artifacts and features that include mounds, house circles, cache pits, etc. This site exhibits both prehistoric and protohistoric features and artifacts and is probably one of the latest Ft. Ancient sites that were occupied as the Europeans explored into the interior of Ohio. Of particular interest are the proto-historic artifacts composed of early trade goods of European manufacture.

The Ft. Ancient Culture and European contact is further discussed in our offering of the recently published title Societies in Eclipse.

This 7" x 10", 203 page, soft cover, facsimile reprint contains 29 full page plates and a foldout map of the site. $17.95

CONTENTS

THE DISCOVERY OF THE SITE AND HISTORY OF THE EXPLORATIONS
The Discovery
Excavations by C. L. Metz
Excavations by F. W. Putnam
Excavations by J. R. Swanton
Excavations by R. E. Merwin
Excavations by B. W. Merwin
THE BURIALS
Depth of Interments
Forms of Burial
Horizontal or Extended Burials
Contracted Burials
Burials in Sitting Posture
Collective and Disturbed Burials
Burials in Cache-pits
Anomalous Burials
Grouping of Burials
Orientation of Burials
Objects Associated with Burials
Burials of Special Interest
Total Number of Burials
Death Rate as Indicated by Burials
Population, and Period of Use of Cemetery
THE CACHE-PITS
Their Discovery
Number and Depth
Contents and Stratification
Fauna Represented in the Pits
Artifacts from the Pits
Form of the Pits
Grouping in Relation to Burials
Their Purpose
HEARTHS AND OTHER REMAINS
Hearths and Fireplaces
Post-holes
Kitchen-middens
House Circles
ARTIFACTS FROM THE SITE
General Distribution of Types
Knives and Projectile Points
Arrowmaker's Tools
Arrowpoints
Flint Drills
Skin-dressing Tools
Grooveless Stone Axes
Stone Adze Blades
Anvils, Hammer-stones and Grinding Stones
Fishing Implements
Awls and Needles
Antler Blades
Beaver Tooth Chisels
Musical Instruments
Personal Ornaments of Shell
Implements and Utensils of Shell
Combs and Personal Ornaments of Bone and Antler

Personal Ornaments of Copper
Personal Ornaments of Brass
Iron Objects
Glass Beads
Tobacco Pipes
Incised Drawings, etc.
Textile Fabrics and Wooden Utensils
Pottery
THE SKELETAL REMAINS
Collection in General
Cranial Deformation
Cranial Vault Indices
Cranial Arcs
Cranial Capacity
Thickness of Left Parietal above Temporo-parietal Suture
Minimum Frontal Diameter
Facial Index
Mean Orbital Index
Nasal Index
Palatal Index
Alveolar Index
Angles Relating to Prognathism
Foramen Magnum
Lower Jaw
Frontal Region
Sagittal Region
Temporal Region
Occipital Region
Sutures
Parietal Foramina
Retro-mastoid. Foramina
Mastoids
Facial Portion
Teeth
Palate
Skull Base
Mandible
Pathological Features
Summary of Measurements and Observations upon the Crania
The Bones in General
Femur
Tibia
Fibula
Humerus
Radius
Ulna
Pelvis
Pathology
General Summary of Observations
CONCLUSION
Period of Occupation of the Site
Relation of the Madisonville Culture to that of Surrounding Tribes
Physical Relation of the Inhabitants to the Neighboring People

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