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conclude that the Hopewell people possessed many of these artistically 

 carved objects. 



Comparisons might be drawn between the Hopewell design and some 

 of the carvings found in Florida and on the Northwest Coast. One of 

 the interesting features, however, is the parallel between many of these 

 carvings, containing the square and circle, and the earthworks of the 

 Ohio Valley. It has been suggested by many writers that the works 



Fig. 64. 

 A Drawing of an Ocelot upon Bone. 



were of a religious or symbolic character, and certainly their form gave 

 little protection to the villages enclosed. Sufficient numbers of carvings 

 have been obtained from the Turner, Hopewell, and other groups to 

 indicate quite clearly that, while many of these designs represent con- 

 ventionalized human beings or animals, others indicate the form of the 

 earthworks or enclosures themselves. 



Pottery. — Pottery was not common in the Hopewell group, 



