GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE ARCHEOLOGY OF OHIO. 



an abstract embodying the principal results of explorations 



and discoveries thus far made, designed for those to 



whom the hitherto published literature of the 



subject is not easily accessible. 



By Gerard Fowke. 



From the earliest settlement of Ohio the aboriginal remains of the 

 State have aroused curiosity and stimulated research. The present paper 

 will attempt a resume of what has been learned concerning them; but 

 the limited space that can be allowed to it precludes any citations from 

 the many books, pamphlets, and shorter articles, or any extended refer- 

 ence to the various theories, that have been put forth in regard to their 

 uses or the people to whom they are to be attributed. Its only aim will 

 be to present in a compact form conclusions based upon a careful study 

 of the earthworks and the relics associated with them. There is little in 

 the article that has not previously appeared in some form; the publica- 

 tions of zealous workers have been so numerous as to render difficult any 

 originality of statement beyond records of personal discoveries. As it 

 would be invidious to make particular mention of one investigator to the 

 exclusion of others equally meritorious, and is impracticable to give due 

 credit to all who deserve it, this compendium will be made as impersonal 

 as possible. 



SECTION I. 

 PALEOLITHIC MAN. 



The discovery of rude implements of human fabrication in presume 

 ably undisturbed gravel beds along the lower portion of the Delaware 

 River, has led western archaeologists to believe that similar evidences of 



