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PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



The next objective point was a mound close to a fort* on section 

 12, lloss Township, marked a in Fig. 3. This mound was examined on 



Fig. 3.— Fortified hill, Butler County, Ohio. 



August 14, 1883. It is'located 400 feet south of the gateway B, and is 

 semi-circular in form, the concave part facing east. It is 70 feet long 

 and 32 feet wide at the base. Its summit is 30 feet long and 12 feet 

 wide. Until quite recently it was covered with forest trees, but not of 

 large growth. At the northern extremity I sunk a trench at c d (Fig. 

 4), and ran it into the mound in a southerly direction a distance of 16 







Fig. 4. — Mound ou fortified hill, Ross Township, Ohio. 



feet. At h n the depth was 5 feet. In the work we were constantly 

 impeded by roots and masses of rootlets that everywhere occurred. 

 The mound was covered by clay and compact soil to a depth of 2 feet. 

 Under this was a layer of burnt limestone irregularly placed together. 

 Under the limestone we came upon at a a portion of a human skel- 

 eton, imbedded in the layer or bed of ashes marked A*. The skeleton 

 was in an extended position, the feet pointing toward the northwest. 

 It appeared to be lying partially on the right side, with the left arm 

 thrown over the body. I worked with great care in order to ob- 

 tain these bones whole, using my pen-knife entirely in lifting them 

 from the bed, but succeeded only in obtaining the right humerus en- 

 tire. The left femur had been broken off near the lower extremity. 



* Ancient Monuments, Plate vii. 



