Copper Objects 



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Plates LIX a and B show several more of the ordinary single (solid) wire 

 bracelets and the rolled sheet ones. There is great diversity in the 

 manufacture of the anklets or bracelets. The thickness of the strip 

 varies, and in some of the hollow ones a solid bracelet was found inside. 



Fie. 17. 

 Construction of Ear-Ornaments. 



Copper bracelets have been found in man}'' mounds with skeletons, 

 but the disks, six of which are shown in Plate LX, are most unusual. 

 A photograph does not bring them out clearly. They are saucer-shaped. 

 If one took an ordinary saucer and cut out the bottom, leaving the rim 

 concave within and convex without, one would have an exact duplica- 

 tion of these objects. All of them are very nearly true circles. They 

 were found fitted one within the other. It has been suggested that the 

 form was probably produced by placing a thin sheet of copper over a 

 rounded wooden object or stone ball, and the copper was thus hammered 

 into shape. It would be easier to cut out the hole first, while the copper 

 was flat. They are smoothly finished. These objects are of the same 

 form as the large silver disks worn by Navajo Indians at the present 

 time on their belts. 



The majority of these objects were found in a single deposit about 

 25 feet from the first altar discovered and 15 feet below the surface. 

 They were laid horizontally, occupying a space approximately 3 by 2 

 feet, and were protected above and below by layers of bark. The 

 objects found in this deposit, 118 in all, were the most remarkable 

 found in the Hopewell group. In fact, their counterpart had not pre- 

 viously been reported. Studies of them made by Putnam and Wil- 



