whittlesey and monongahela artifacts from ne ohio

jeff a

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these artifacts are the northern counterparts to srv's ft ancient artifacts
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the only bone and pottery i find is in fire pits the soil up here is to acidic,tempering from heat helps preserve it
 

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joshuaream

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That is a very nice grouping of artifacts from a time period that is commonly misidentified. When I get back from this business trip I'll post a frame of Caborn-Welborn material from Southern Indiana. It was also a contemporary to the Ft. Ancient and went just a little bit later(to 1720 or so.)

What I think is fascinating about those groups (Ft. Ancient, Oneota, Caborn-Welborn, Monogahela, Oliver Phase, Springhills, etc.) is that they were really kind of the last wild Native Americans in the Midwest. With in a generation or so they were assimiliated, killed, or push west by other Native groups (as well as non- Native groups) that were moving in from the East.

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jeff a

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i've always been fascinated in the differences of their pipes ,even though their home areas overlapped the monogahela made platform pipes with really long bowls and the whittlesey made bird effigy vasiform pipes,some of the sites i hunt are only seperated by river drainages of a few miles
 

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Nice looking pieces Jeff. I believe I remember reading that the Hardin Village Site in Greenup county, Kentucky had some Monogahela/Whittlesey connections through the types of Pottery found on the site.

Thanks for posting the pictures.
 

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Nice representation of Monongahela artifacts......keep an eye out for Marginella beads. I have found them on all the sites in my area and they are easily over looked.
 

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