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Undocumented Artifacts from the First Ohioans Exhibit
Description: This large, spherical gourd has a cylindrical, curving neck and there are seeds inside. The gourd is pale yellow in color with darker splotches. This piece is from Fort Ancient Culture. Fort Ancient people were a late prehistoric culture living in southern Ohio between 1,100 and 450 years ago. Fort Ancient people were Ohio's original farmers, growing crops of corn, beans, and squash, and thrived in southern Ohio and northern Kentucky. Villages were made up of a number of circular or rectangular houses surrounding an open plaza. The Fort Ancient people continued to build small burial mounds, but gradually shifted to burials in a cemetery area with no mounds. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A4786_000113
Subjects: Fort Ancient Culture (A.D. 1000–1650);
Places: Undocumented Artifacts from the First Ohioans Exhibit