Title	Harness Mound photograph
Subject	Ross County (Ohio) Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio American Indians--Archaeology Archaeology--United States--History
Time Period	1900s
Place	Ross County (Ohio)
Description	Photograph taken during the excavation of Edwin Harness Mound in Ross County, Ohio, ca. 1903-1905. Reverse reads, "Harness Mound, Ross County. View directly to the north showing around side and ends." The Edwin Harness Mound site was part of the Liberty Works, a ceremonial center of the Hopewell culture (100 BC – AD 500) located in Ross County. The Harness Mound was a large oval structure 160 feet long by 90 feet wide and 20 feet high. Harness Mound was explored by generations of archaeologists beginning around 1840, and early excavations uncovered copper plates, platform pipes, copper ear spools, shell beads, flint knives, and remnants of textiles. Warren K. Moorehead excavated the southern portion of the mound in 1897 for the Ohio Historical Society. Moorehead explored the mound by excavating an extensive series of tunnels following lines of burials in small, domed chambers. William C. Mills conducted further excavations for the Ohio Historical Society between 1903 and 1907, and deter
Date of Original	ca. 1903-1905
Collection	Ohio History Connection Archaeology Photograph Collection
Source	AV 17, Box 2, Folder 4, Envelope 4. Image 780-2
Format	Picture Black-and-white photographs
Extent	5 in x 7 in.
Submitting Institution	Ohio History Connection
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	AV17_B02F04e04_02_1.tif
Image Height	3073
Image Width	4275
File Size	39432916 Bytes
Date created	2014-01-15

Harness Mound photograph

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