. Bulletin. Ethnology. ⢠c ⢠c â ' « o ⢠u < v-i-TiST '.'o'-'.fZ'S â 'c"c ' I » â¢/ ⢠O ⢠« ⢠, 0 « ⢠\ 6 . ⢠-^jjK/cr^:r.â¢.r â¢. v'⢠'"."â 7}"''">:5^^ ".» o ,0 Fig. 35. Sections of gravel bank, Newcomerstown, Ohio, suggesting danger of misinterpretation of finds. relation with the gravels at the depth noted. The treacherous nature of such formations as chronological depositories is well known, and the accompanying sketch (fig. 35) is intended to suggest the possi- bility of misinterpretation on the part of Mr. Mills. The excavations in the gr
. Bulletin. Ethnology. ⢠c ⢠c â ' « o ⢠u < v-i-TiST '.'o'-'.fZ'S â 'c"c ' I » â¢/ ⢠O ⢠« ⢠, 0 « ⢠\ 6 . ⢠-^jjK/cr^:r.â¢.r â¢. v'⢠'"."â 7}"''">:5^^ ".» o ,0 Fig. 35. Sections of gravel bank, Newcomerstown, Ohio, suggesting danger of misinterpretation of finds. relation with the gravels at the depth noted. The treacherous nature of such formations as chronological depositories is well known, and the accompanying sketch (fig. 35) is intended to suggest the possi- bility of misinterpretation on the part of Mr. Mills. The excavations in the gravels made by the railroad workmen had left a vertical face some 20 feet high, and when the place w^as visited later by the writer large masses of the upper part had broken away and de- scended to different levels against the base without losing their original horizontal position. Arrowheads and splinters of flint which had fallen from the surface above were found at different levels in the slide gravels more or less firmly embedded, and the specimen obtained by Mr. Mills may similarly have descended without sepa- ration from its original bed at or near the surface to the depth of 15 feet. No trace of human handiw^ork of any kind was found by the writer in the entire undisturbed gravel face.^ It was observed, how- ever, that numerous chipped flints rested on the upper surface and in the soil as if the site had been at one time occupied for dwelling or arrow-making purposes by the aborigines. ^ Wright, Man and the Glacial Period, p. 251; Evidences of Glacial Man in OMo. 2 Holmes, Traces of Glacial Man in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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