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ARCHEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY. 
Fort Ancient, Ohio.—(By Warren K. Mooreneap. Cincin- 
nati, O., Robert Clarke & Co.)—This volume of Mr. Moorehead’s is a 
valuable contribution to antiquarian literature. It is confined to the 
description of this fortification alone. 
ort Ancient is located in central Warren County, Ohio, some 
forty-two miles northeast of Cincinnati, on the P. C. and St. L. R. R. 
It lies upon a plateau 269 feet above the Little Miami River, which it 
overlooks and which flows at its base. The walls forming the enclosure 
follow the brink of deep tavines. The embankments are mostly of 
earth, although in places there are great quantities of stone. These” 
rocks comprise flat slabs of limestone and some few pieces of sandstone, 
A deep ravine, having a slope of thirty-five to thirty-eight degrees. 
follows the earthwork for nearly a mile and a half on the western and 
southern sides. The embankment is built directly upon the edge of 
the ravine, so that the earth used in its construction has rolled down 
upon the outside. Thus the earth artificially placed can be distinctly 
traced forty feet from the summit of the earthwork. At the same place 
the inside measurement of the wall is twelve to fifteen feet. 
The accompanying map of the structure will indicate the peculiar 
features 
In its topographical work, its illustrations, its intelligent description 
of the excavations, the volume is deserving of large praise. 
Mr. Moorehead, with his party, spent the entire summer of 1889 at 
Fort Ancient, preparing material for the book. 
y differ from Mr. Moorehead in some of his conclusions, yet 
we ies but admire the thoroughness with which the. structure has 
been examined, and the completeness of the survey. In this regard it 
is worthy the imitation of more pretentious parties. 
The work is more laudable because Mr. Moorehead was not assisted 
by any institution or person, but bore the expense of the investigations 
himself. 
The first few chapters of the book deal with the outline of the struc- 
ture, measurements, etc. Those following describe the stone graves 
and mounds explored, while the remaining chapters give quotations 
from some twenty prominent antiquarians upon Fort Ancient, and ex- 
press the author’s conclusions. 
