Description: Adena stemmed projectile point is made of white flint with some light gray. It has a long triangular blade and a tapered stem base that is rounded at the end. Item was found in Butler County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07442
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); American Indian history and society; Hunting; Arrows; Projectile points
Places: Butler County (Ohio)
 

Description: Bone awl is a long, tapering bone rod. It is a part of a scapula, possibly of a deer, that has been sharpened to a fine point. It has been broken and repaired. Item was excavated from Adena Mound in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07332
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); American Indian history and society; Tools
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Awl is a long, tapering bone rod. It is a fragment of a deer long bone, sharpened to a fine point. It has been broken into at least four pieces and repaired. Item was excavated from Adena Mound in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07333
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); American Indian history and society; Tools
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: A roughly rectangular section of an animal rib bone was made into a comb by cutting teeth into one end. Item was excavated from Adena Mound in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07334
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); American Indian history and society
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: A roughly rectangular section of an animal rib bone was made into a comb by cutting teeth into one end. Item was excavated from Adena Mound in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07335
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); American Indian history and society
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Bracelet was made from a cylindrical rod of copper bent into an oval shape with ends touching. Oxidation has changed the color of the copper to several shades of green. Item was excavated from Adena Mound in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07336
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); American Indian history and society
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Piece of copper has been coiled into an oval bracelet. Edges do not meet and are slightly offset. The copper is brilliant green and grayish green in color. Item was excavated from Adena Mound in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07338
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); American Indian history and society
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Bracelet is made from a flat bar of copper bent into an oval shape with ends touching. Oxidation has changed the color of the copper to several shades of green. Item was excavated from Adena Mound in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07339
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); American Indian history and society
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a sandstone whetstone is flat and rectangular with squared edges. There are several shallow grooves on each face. The stone is olive brown in color. Item was excavated from Adena Mound in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07340
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); American Indian history and society; Tools
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Slate gorget is roughly rectangular with short sides that curve outward and long sides that curve inward, forming a shape that resembles a bow tie. Two small round holes are centered on the long axis and drilled from one side, making them larger on one side than the other. The gorget is gray with dark gray banding that runs parallel to the short sides. Item was excavated from Adena Mound in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07341
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); American Indian history and society; Tools
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: A dog maxilla, both right and left halves, was cut at the third molars, with these molars being partially cut also. The fourteen teeth attached include six incisors, two canines and six molars. The maxilla has been cut above the alveolar process of most of the teeth, however, the roots of the canines have been cut. There is a hole broken in the palate. The bone and teeth are very pale brown and white in color. Item was excavated from Sidner Mound Number 2 in Franklin County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07457
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); American Indian history and society; Bones
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Pipestone cylinder has slightly flaring ends. One end of the pipe has a small hole and the other a wide hole (bowl). The pipe has been broken and repaired, but some small fragments are missing. Item was excavated from Niles-Wolford Mound in Jackston Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07342
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); American Indian history and society; Pipes (Smoking)
Places: Jackson Township (Ohio); Pickaway County (Ohio)