The Tremper Mound is located 5 miles north of the
city of Portsmouth, Ohio and was excavated in 1915
under the direction of William C. Mills. Henry C. Shetrone
(Mills' assistant at the time) also participated in
this excavation and was responsible for the
restoration of many of the wonderful effigy and
platform pipes that were found there.
Among the many finds during the excavation were two
caches. Cache #1 consisted of over 500 objects
including: 136 tobacco pipes (effigy and platform),
ear spools, woven fabrics, crystals of galenite and
mica, bone ornaments (some human) and objects of
flint, copper, wood and pipestone.
This book describes some of the most interesting
finds of this excavation and was published as part
three of the four part series of "Certain
Mounds and Village Sites in Ohio" in 1916.
This 7-3/4" x 10-1/2", 140 page soft cover
book is profusely illustrated with many photographs
and diagrams and two full color plates of red
pipestone platform pipes.
About the author:
William C. Mills (1860-1928) started his career as a
pharmacist in various towns in Kansas and Ohio starting
in 1885. With an interest in archaeology, he also
served as a secretary of an archaeo0logical society in
Newcomerstown, Ohio from 1898-1900 and then received his
Masters Degree from Ohio State University in 1902. He
became Curator of the Museum of the Ohio State
Archaeological Society, Columbus Ohio, in 1898
and served as director of that museum from 1922 until
his death in 1928.
As William C. Mills said of the
Tremper Mound People:
"The life story of this people,
as told in the Tremper mound, certainly is one of the
highly interesting chapters in the history of primitive
civilization. No primitive people has shown such skill
and perseverance in wresting from nature the raw
materials needed for their purposes, nor such
versatility in fashioning these materials into finished
products. The most striking phase of this perhaps, is
the manner in which with only the simplest of tools, the
stone for their making was quarried from the hills and
the realistic portrayals of bird and animal life,
sculptured in full relief and finished in minutest
detail, were effected. In the record preserved in the
mound we find a vivid picture of the strength and
persistence of the forces underlying human development,
and urging it against all odds, toward a higher plane of
development."
This 7-3/4" x 10-1/2", 140 page soft cover
book is profusely illustrated with many photographs and diagrams and
two full color plates of red pipestone platform pipes.
$14.95
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