Effigy of a hawk claw cut from sheet mica, Ohio Hopewell culture, 100 BC-500 AD. Excavated from Hopewell Mound Group, Ross County, Ohio ca. 1922-1925. The Hopewell obtained mica from western North Carolina. Archeologists are not certain how they used mica cut outs. This object is held in the Ohio Historical Society Archaeology Collection
A large mica cut-out, now roughly circular, shows evidence of once being octagonal in shape. Seven o...
Photograph of obsidian spears recovered from Altar 2 of Mound No. 25 during the excavation of the Ho...
Photograph of a grooved axe recovered from Ceremonial Offering #2 of Mound No. 17 during the excavat...
Effigy of a flat, stylized human hand cut from sheet mica, Ohio Hopewell culture, 100 BC-500 AD. Exc...
Mica cut-out resembles a hawk claw with three talons. All three claws are pointing in the same direc...
Mica cut-out is roughly rectangular, similar in shape to key-hole pendant. One end is wider and slig...
Mica cut-out is in the shape of a projectile point with a rounded tip. The base is diamond shaped. T...
Spearpoint made of mica, from the Ohio Hopewell culture, 100 BC-500 AD. Excavated from the Edwin Har...
Photograph of an obsidian blade recovered from Mound No. 25 during the excavation of the Hopewell Mo...
Eagle effigy boatstone, constructed of pipestone and river pearl, from the Ohio Hopewell culture, Mi...
Photograph of an obsidian spear recovered during the excavation of the Hopewell Mound Group in Ross ...
Photograph of a falcon effigy boatstone recovered from Mound No. 17 during the excavation of the Hop...
Photograph of flint and obsidian blades recovered during the excavation of the Hopewell Mound Group ...
Photograph of a larger mica hand recovered during the excavation of the Hopewell Mound Group and a s...
This pipe in effigy (a likeness or representation) of a hawk was excavated from Tremper Mound, a Hop...
A large mica cut-out, now roughly circular, shows evidence of once being octagonal in shape. Seven o...
Photograph of obsidian spears recovered from Altar 2 of Mound No. 25 during the excavation of the Ho...
Photograph of a grooved axe recovered from Ceremonial Offering #2 of Mound No. 17 during the excavat...
Effigy of a flat, stylized human hand cut from sheet mica, Ohio Hopewell culture, 100 BC-500 AD. Exc...
Mica cut-out resembles a hawk claw with three talons. All three claws are pointing in the same direc...
Mica cut-out is roughly rectangular, similar in shape to key-hole pendant. One end is wider and slig...
Mica cut-out is in the shape of a projectile point with a rounded tip. The base is diamond shaped. T...
Spearpoint made of mica, from the Ohio Hopewell culture, 100 BC-500 AD. Excavated from the Edwin Har...
Photograph of an obsidian blade recovered from Mound No. 25 during the excavation of the Hopewell Mo...
Eagle effigy boatstone, constructed of pipestone and river pearl, from the Ohio Hopewell culture, Mi...
Photograph of an obsidian spear recovered during the excavation of the Hopewell Mound Group in Ross ...
Photograph of a falcon effigy boatstone recovered from Mound No. 17 during the excavation of the Hop...
Photograph of flint and obsidian blades recovered during the excavation of the Hopewell Mound Group ...
Photograph of a larger mica hand recovered during the excavation of the Hopewell Mound Group and a s...
This pipe in effigy (a likeness or representation) of a hawk was excavated from Tremper Mound, a Hop...
A large mica cut-out, now roughly circular, shows evidence of once being octagonal in shape. Seven o...
Photograph of obsidian spears recovered from Altar 2 of Mound No. 25 during the excavation of the Ho...
Photograph of a grooved axe recovered from Ceremonial Offering #2 of Mound No. 17 during the excavat...