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SKETCHES OF-liCKING COUNTYrr*j«rf*d by Commit:** of the ucktM CountvA rrbaeolocicalUcklnf County atoncal Society.rmsr ohioansA croup of 11 mo and* n Milford townnfa p. Kn x county, wb.ch nr* ju*t over the count' Use. rtyhtfally b* ion** u the jrm.t I-tck:n« valley croup , Seven of the mound* are located on I a farm once owneo by Joaeph Lan-; more and Jam** I at .more and the , retire yroup ws* cnen the r rim* •hourh four mound* are on an ad-i Jonlcj farmThe croup ia located alone the I north fork of the Lickin* r.rer , about a m *a*t of the village of [ Lock Seven mound* are located on | a high bank north of theflint chip* were found and aome aeflmade arro»bea-i* Only a few obkert* of others kinda of flii* ware found In one mound the explorer* found ftvc head lam skeleton* jraouacuoua-lv threwn toaetl.er in one nave.The exploration* -evealed a nun., her of fine flint ktuveM. celt*. atone axe*. perforator*. abell beads andFour are located on a lower level . south of the stream on land ©»neJ b Frank SuttonExplore t oo* by Dr. Mill*• than S« ear* a*o reexa-d a num-I her of bunala, but in each ca*« the i skeleton* were m badly decomposed I they could wt be removed.An mlcremin* characteristic of the mound* was the predam.nanoe of black flint, readily Idea tilled as bavin* come from quame* hi Coafaac-tou county, which produce this particular eanety. Quantity efquantity of chocolate-colored--stance which la believed to have been the decayed remain* of food placed with the banal a* an offertnc A mound opened «place contained the__main* of flv* burial* all In ^ lent *tate of preservation bacauae of the perfect drain***. provided by the yravel and aand Into which the crave extended One of the mound* ta this croup a* levelled T9 year* a*o and amort* the hunal* wa* on- of an mfant en-_r-? *® ® turtheo raaarLwhich wa* broken after ft* removal lt;Ta Be Can tin ue*
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Granville Licking Pioneers Minutes and Isaac Smucker Scrapbooks
Granville, Ohio, US
Wed, May 01, 1867
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TX, USA 24 Jul 2017
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