Published by the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University as Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Volume VIII, Number 3, 1922. We were fortunate to locate an excellent original - in Sweden of all places.  A rare and excellent book with exquisite Hopewell artifacts pictured and described, originals sell in the $150.00 price range.

If you are not familiar with the Turner Group of Earthworks, you will be amazed at the artifacts found there.  Materials include meteoric iron, silver, gold, shell, pearls, mica, cannel coal, fabrics, clay, etc.  Some of the most exquisite artifacts found were the so-called Horned Serpent Monster, the cut mica sheet serpent and the wonderful figurines modeled in clay.  Another side of their art is represented by the worked human bone objects.

As Willoughby stated in his conclusions about this site: "This people reached a high degree of excellence in their art designs. In this line they were probably unsurpassed by any tribe north of Mexico. In modeling, relief carving, and copper working they also attained high proficiency. As traders they were enterprising and resourceful. They procured obsidian, probably from the Yellowstone; shells from the Florida coast; copper from the Lake Superior region; and mica from the Appalachian Highland. "

This 6-1/2" x 9-1/2", soft cover, facsimile reprint contains: 194 pages including the132 pages of text, 27 full page plates as well as 47 illustrations in the text.  $16.95  

Clay Figurines Reconstructed Drawings Horned Serpent Monster Mound Details Map of Turner Group Pits and Tunnels   Pottery Rim Types Mica Serpent Ceremonial Blades Gold Pearls Mica Copper Objects Cannel Coal Axes Pottery Vessel Meteoric Iron Incised Bone Shell Artifacts Sample  Plates - click on image to enlarge CONTENTS THE WORKS IN GENERAL      Neighboring Groups      General Description of the Turner Group      Embankment of the Great Enclosure      Elevated Circle BURIAL PLACES WITHIN THE GREAT ENCLOSURE      General Description      Graves Excavated by F. W. Putnam, 1880      Graves Excavated by C. L. Metz, 1880      Graves Excavated by M. H. Saville, 1889-90      Graves Excavated by E. Volk, 1905 THE MOUNDS AND THEIR CONTENTS      Mound 1      Mound 2      Mound 3      Mound 4      Mound 5      Mound 6      Mound 7      Mound 8      Mound 9      Mound 10      Mound 11      Mound 12      Mound 13      Mound 14      Mound 15      Mounds West of the Elevated Circle ARTIFACTS IN GENERAL      Stone Implements      Textile Fabrics      Pottery CONCLUSION      General Summary THE SKELETAL REMAINS      Collection in General      Cranial Deformation      Cranial Vault, Measurements and Indices      Cranial Arcs and Circumferences      Cranial Capacity      Thickness of Left Parietal above Temporo- parietal Suture      Minimum Frontal Diameter      Facial, Nasal, and Orbital Measurements and Indices      External Palatal Index (Maxillo-alveolar)      Alveolar Index (Gnathic Index)      Lower Jaw      Frontal Region      Sagittal Region      Temporal Region      Occipital Region      Sutures      Parietal Foramina      Mastoids      Supraorbital Ridges      Facial Region      Teeth      Palate      Skull Base       Mandible      Miscellaneous and Pathological      Bones in General      Femur      Tibia      Other Long Bones      Vertebrae      Pelvis      Summary