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Hopewell Mound Group 



through. Fig. 71 b is a similar, but small form, with a shallow groove 

 and flat base. Fig. 71 c is still smaller; and the groove, which appears 

 to have been gouged out, does not run clear across. Its ungrooved 

 side is slightly convex. Fig. 71 d and e have a flat base and cone- 

 shaped top. Fig. 71 / is perforated, and is probably a large bead, 

 although it could have been used as a form to work copper on. The per- 

 foration is larger at one end than the other as though a bone awl had been 



Fig. 67. 

 Human Effigy in Antler from Altar 



pushed through it, while the clay was still soft. Fig. 71 g is an ordinary 

 globular bead, and h is a flattened bead. All the objects are hard burned 

 and brick-like in solidity. Traces of copper still adhere to some of them. 

 Textiles. — Both in the altars and with burials, there were numerous 

 traces of textiles which had been preserved either by charring or by 

 contact with copper or meteoric iron. From these we may gain a slight 

 clew to the character of the garments worn by the ancient people. 



