Description: Tablet from the Mississippian period, 900 AD-1600 AD, held in the Ohio History Connection Archaeology Collection. This large, circular tablet (26.2 mm deep, 220 mm diameter) has two rattlesnakes circling one another with cross-hatching at the edge and part of the snake design. Rattles have multiple heart-shaped designs, and each snake has two fangs and teeth. Reverse face has a square perforation partially drilled in the center, with scallops cut along edges and an incised line just inside the line of scallops at 16 mm from the edge. Sides are grooved along the edges at the point where the scallops meet the edge. The tablet is made of stone, possibly sandstone, that is dark yellowish-brown in color. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00273
Subjects: American Indians--Archaeology; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Artifacts; Mississippian Culture (A.D. 900–1500)
 

Description: Human head-shaped effigy pipe from the Mississippian period, 900 AD-1600 AD. This large pipe (95.5 mm high, 126 mm long, 94.6 mm wide) has a human head effigy resting on an oval platform. The pipe bowl is in the top of the head, while the stem would have been inserted into the open mouth of the effigy. Eyes are surrounded by a distinctive weeping eye motif. The nose projects from the face, but the ears are close to the head. Made of sandstone, the pipe is a very dark gray. The object is held in the Ohio History Connection Archaeology Collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00274
Subjects: American Indians--Archaeology; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Archaeology--United States--History; Effigy pipes; Mississippian Culture (A.D. 900–1500)
 

Description: Photograph showing a human effigy sculpture recovered from an excavation at Angel Mounds in southwestern Indiana, produced by people of the Mississippian Culture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV17_B04F01_E07_003
Subjects: National parks & reserves; Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio; Effigy pipes; Mississippian Culture (A.D. 900–1500)
Places: Indiana
 

Description: Photographs of various pipes identified with the Mississippian Culture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV17_B04F01_E08_005
Subjects: Mississippian Culture (A.D. 900–1500); Mounds--Ohio River Valley; Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio; Artifacts
 

Description: Photograph of a frog effigy pipe attributed to the Mississippian Culture. A handwritten caption on the reverse reads "Mrs. Collins Collection." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV17_B04F01_E08_010
Subjects: Mississippian Culture (A.D. 900–1500); Mounds--Ohio River Valley; Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio; Artifacts;
 

Description: Photograph of various pipes attributed to the Mississippian Culture. A handwritten caption on the reverse reads "Mrs. Collins Collection." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV17_B04F01_E09_007
Subjects: Mississippian Culture (A.D. 900–1500); Mounds--Ohio River Valley; National parks & reserves; Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio; Artifacts;
 

Description: Photograph of various pipes attributed to the Mississippian Culture. A handwritten caption on the reverse reads "Maclean Collection," indicating that they were likely recovered during excavations in southwestern Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV17_B04F01_E09_001
Subjects: Mississippian Culture (A.D. 900–1500); Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio; Artifacts; Mounds -- Ohio River Valley
 

Description: Photographs of various pipes identified with the Mound City Group, although attributed to the later Mississippian Culture. Mound City is a burial mound and earthwork complex located in Union Township, Ross County, Ohio. It is situated on the west bank of the Scioto River opposite the Hopeton Earthworks, a few miles north of Chillicothe. The site was constructed between approximately 100 BC and AD 400 by people of the Hopewell Culture and consists of 22 variously sized mounds surrounded a low, four-sided, earthen embankment that encloses about 13 acres. During World War I Mound City became part of an expansive army training facility called Camp Sherman. In an attempt to preserve as much of the site’s integrity as the army would allow, the mounds were flattened or truncated and camp buildings built over them and not intruded into them. Beginning in the 1920s, the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) funded restoration of the site and in 1923 the Mound City Group was elevated to the status of National Monument. Since 1992 Mound City has served as the focal point of the Hopewell Culture National Historic Park. Restoration lasted several years and was the beginning of the movement toward archaeology as a disciplined profession. One interesting aspect learned during the restoration process was that, for whatever reason, burials at Mound City were of a more egalitarian nature and not just of apparent high status as seen at other locations. The Mound City Group is one of seven Ohio Hopewell Ceremonial Earthwork sites presently under consideration by the United States Department of the Interior for nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV17_B04F01_E08_002
Subjects: Mounds--Ohio--Ross County; National parks & reserves; Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio; Artifacts; Mississippian Culture (A.D. 900–1500)
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of various pipes attributed to the Mississippian Culture. A handwritten caption on the reverse reads "Maclean Collection, " indicating that they were likely recovered in southwestern Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV17_B04F01_E09_006
Subjects: Mississippian Culture (A.D. 900–1500); Mounds--Ohio River Valley; National parks & reserves; Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio; Artifacts;
 

Description: Photograph of a frog effigy pipe attributed to the Mississippian Culture. A handwritten caption on the reverse reads "Moorehead Collection." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV17_B04F01_E08_009
Subjects: Mississippian Culture (A.D. 900–1500); Mounds--Ohio River Valley; Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio; Artifacts;
 

Description: Photograph showing a beaver effigy pipe, attributed to the Mississippian Culture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV17_B04F01_E07_010
Subjects: Mississippian Culture (A.D. 900–1500); Mounds--Ohio River Valley; National parks & reserves; Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio; Artifacts
 

Description: A large, circular stone tablet has two rattlesnakes circling one another with cross-hatching at the edge and part of the snake design. Rattles have multiple heart-shaped designs. Each snake has two fangs and teeth. Reverse face has a square perforation partially drilled in the center, scallops cut along edges and an incised line just inside the line of scallops at 16 mm from the edge. Sides are grooved along the edges at the point where the scallops meet the edge. The tablet is made of stone, possibly sandstone, that is dark yellowish-brown in color. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07094
Subjects: American Indian history; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Archaeology; Artifacts; Mississippian Culture (A.D. 900–1500)