Earspool Fragment   Save
Archaeology Collections, Ledger #2
Description: This fragment of an earspool was made from two thin disks of copper with a hole in the middle; it has been folded nearly in half. The two disks, which have ragged edges, are held together by a three-pronged fastener - the prongs extend through the hole to the outer edge of the disks. The copper is brown, yellowish brown, dark gray, and light green in color. This piece comes from Hopewell Culture. In Ohio, the Hopewell Indians (100 B.C.-A.D. 500) built burial mounds and large earthen enclosures in geometric shapes (circles, squares, and octagons) to mark the places where the people gathered periodically to participate in many social and ceremonial events. Some of these sites were quite large - the Newark Earthworks complex extends over a 4-square-mile area. The Hopewell people also maintained a large trade network extending as far as the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming, the Florida coast and Appalachians, and northern Lake Superior. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: A4346_023989_010
Subjects: Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1–400); Indian copperwork; Mound-builders;
Places: Archaeology Collections, Ledger #2