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O H IO
A R C H A E O L O G I ST
VOLUME 14 OCTOBER, 1964 NUMBER 4
Published by
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF OHIO
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The Archaeological Society of Ohio
Editorial Office Business Office
Route 3, Newcomerstown, Ohio 1025 South West Street
Telephone: HY 8-7840 Findlay, Ohio
Term
expires
President - Wayne A. Mortine, Scott Drive, Newcomerstown 1966
Vice President - Robert N. Converse, Plain City 1966
Executive Secretary - Arthur George Smith, 65 N. Foster St., Norwalk 1966
Recording Secretary - Merton R. Mertz, 422 Third St., Findlay 1966
Treasurer - Norman L. Dunn, 1025 South West St., Findlay 1966
Trustees
Dr. Stanley G. Copeland, 5930 Crescent Court, Worthington 1966
John R. Ford, 250 Factory Street, Sugarcreek 1966
Chas. H. Meng, 790 Montrose Avenue, Columbus 9 1966
Dorothy L. Good, 15 Civic Drive, Grove City 1968
George H. Carroll, 336 Boyce Street, Urbana 1968
Chas. L,. Gschwind, 334 Ridgeway Ave. , Cincinnati 1968
Editorial Staff and Publications Committee
Editor - Leonard H. Brown, Route 3, Newcomerstown
Technical Editor - Raymond S. Baby, The Ohio State Museum, N. High and 15th Avenue
Associate Editor - Martha A. Potter, The Ohio State Museum, N. High and 15th Avenue
Production Manager - Ernest Good, 15 Civic Drive, Grove City
Regional Collaborators - John C. Allman, 1336 Cory Drive, Dayton 6
- Gerald Brickman, 409 Locust Street, Findlay
- Jeff Carskadden, 285 W. Willow Drive, Zanesville
- Robert Converse, Plain City
- Mrs. Betty Crawford, 1119 Seminole Avenue, Mansfield
- Elmer H. Grimm, 1217 Murray Ridge, Elyria
- Richard H. Johnson, R. R. #3, Marion (Meeker)
- James R. Johnston, 2435 Copland Blvd. , Toledo 14
- Richard Patterson, R. R. #2, Marietta
- Robert Phillippi, P. O. Box 995, Station A, Alliance
- Dr. Olaf H. Prufer, Dept. of Humanities, Case Institute of Technology,
Cleveland 6
- Summers A. Redick, 35 W. Riverglen Drive, Worthington
- Ralph J. Servey, 1726 Baird Avenue, Portsmouth
- Arthur George Smith, 65 N. Foster Street, Norwalk
- Frank Soday, 5709 E. 61st Court, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Back Issues - Chester Randies, 400 Eleventh Street, N. W. , New Philadelphia
Object of the Society
The Archaeological Society of Ohio is organized to discover and conserve archaeological sites and ma
terial within the State of Ohio; to seek and promote abetter understanding among students and collectors of
archaeological material, professional and non-professional, including individuals, museums and institu
tions of learning; and to disseminate knowledge on the subject of archaeology. Membership is open to all
persons of suitable character and interest. The annual dues are payable either the firBt of January or the
first of July each year. Dues are as follows: Adults (18 and over) $4.50, Juniors (under 18) $2.25, Hus
band and Wife (one copy of publication) $5. 50, Sustaining $25. 00. Funds are used for publishing "Ohio Ar
chaeologist" and for other necessary expenses of the Society. The Archaeological Society of Ohio is an in
corporated non-profit organization, and has no paid officers or employees.
Ohio Archaeologist JB published quarterly in January, April, July, and October. Price per issue $1. 25
(double issues $2. 00), per volume $4. 50. Subscription included in the Society's annual membership dues.
Address all articles, personal news, queries, comments, etc., to the Editor.
Address applications for membership and dues renewals to the Treasurer.
Address official correspondence to the Executive Secretary.
Address orders for back issues with remittance to Chester Randies, 400 Eleventh Street, N. W. , New
Philadelphia, Ohio; except for Volume 13, No. 4, October 1963 (Ohio Flint Types), for which address
Robert Converse, Plain City, Ohio
VOLUME 14 Table of Contents NUMBER 4
Officers, Trustees, Editorial Staff second cover
The Cover 105
Arthur George Smith 1891-1964 106-108
The President's Page 109
The Editor's Page 110
Important Notice HO
A Selection of Flint Artifacts in the Collection of John Hogue,
Coshocton, Ohio, by Dr. Norman L. Wright Ill
The Cramlet Site, by Wayne Mortine 112-114
Ohio Archaeological State Memorial Sites 115
The Archaeological Society of Ohio Membership List 116-129
New Members 130
Two Banded Slate Hammer stones 131
A 3/4 Groove Axe 131
I Visited Hell Gap, by Mearl R. Guthrie 132-133
Example of Prehistoric Surgery, by C. J. Sheets, Jr 134-135
Exhibits Chairman Given Recognition 136-137
Boyles Bait Shop Burial Site, Troy, Ohio, by Harry Hopkins 138-139
A Variety of Projectile Point Types 140
Personals third cover
Necrology third cover
Three Prize Points third cover
Standing Committees fourth cover
The Cover
The pottery vessel pictured on the cover is an example of the ceremonial
ware used by the prehistoric Hopewell Indians in Ohio. The pot was found in
Mound #2, Mound City Group National Monument, Ross County, Ohio in 1920
when the site was excavated by William C. Mills. The grit-tempered vessel
has four small "feet. " Surface treatment consists of vertical cord-wrapped
stick impressions on the rim immediately below which are triangular punc
tate s. On the four sides of the body of the vessel are the conventionalized
representation of a duck, each of which is surrounded by cord-wrapped stick
impressions. The corners are embellished with vertical rows of triangular
punctates. This specimen is on exhibit at the Ohio State Museum.
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Arthur George Smith 1891-1964
A man has left us.
Arthur George Smith, "The Old Sarge, " died September 23, 1964, at Crile
Veterans Hospital, Cleveland, following a long period of declining health and
several months hospitalization.
He will be long remembered.
Many people will remember "Sarge" for many reasons. For his devotion
to The Archaeological Society of Ohio and to many other personal and society
interests, in furthering the understanding and the preservation of prehistoric
data. For his authoritative knowledge of archaeology, and for his many spoken
and written contributions, sharing this knowledge with professionals and ama
teurs the world over. For his encouragement of young people as their interest
in prehistory first developed. For his vigorous stands for what he felt was
true and right. Yes, for his deep sensitivity, seldom seen, but very much a
part of the whole man.
A man has left us. He will be long remembered.
Eternal Father of us all
Who watches over great and small
Who made the sun to give us light
Whose stars and moon bedeck the night
Grant now Thy mercy and Thy grace
To those who venture into Space.
(Found among "Sarge1 s" papers, source unknown)
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Arthur George Smith 1891-1964
(Earlier this year Arthur George Smith wrote this biography and entrusted the
manuscript to the Society's Assistant Executive Secretary to be used "when
needed. " It was as if he had a premonition that the time might be soon. Now
it has come, all too soon. Here is the final word from "Sarge. ")
Arthur George Smith, also known as "The Old Sarge, " was born July 8,
1891, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of William Arther Smith (formerly of Bax-
terley, Warwickshire, England) and Eliza Cable Smith (formerly of Norfolk-
shire, England).
He graduated from Lakewood High School in 1907, then attended Case
School of Applied Science but did not graduate. Instead, he devoted several
years to seeing the world and did examine portions of it from England to New
Zealand, and from Central America to Hudson's Bay.
In 1916 he enlisted in Battery A, 134th Field Artillery, and saw service
on the Mexican border and in France. He used to say "I won no medals, just
did my job. " He was never officially wounded or gassed, but in 1956 an x-ray
showed the presence of a piece of steel near his left elbow, probably from the
pleasant autumn evening when the Germans made a near-miss and a big piece
of shell tore the coat and shirt off his ribs and the underside of his left arm
without apparently scratching the skin.
When he reached France, "Sarge" weighed 183 pounds stripped. When
he got home again he weighed 118 while wearing a heavy wool uniform and
British hobnail boots, a result of a dose of mustard and phosgene gas he got
at Woel, France, when a shell struck close enough to splash his leg and hand.
He never completely recovered from the effects.
As a side-light on the military mind, his Brigadier at that time said that
a bad smell could not hurt a soldier and ordered courtmartial for any who
claimed injury and went to the hospital. That Brigadier was not our late fellow-
member General Wallace, who succeeded the first general after he had sat on
a log on which mustard gas had been spilled. Bad smells can hurt, and right
where it hurts most!
After being discharged in April 1919, the Sarge bought a range of green
houses and went back into the florist business in which he had been raised, his
father and both grandfathers having been in that trade. "Sarge" soon found
that he could not take the cold and damp entailed, so sold out and moved to the
Southwest. There he spent the next two years regaining his health. To pro
vide beans and bacon he worked from time to time as a carpenter or metal
lather, but most of the time he just loafed and absorbed sunshine. It is odd,
and he was never able to explain it, but during this period "Sarge" paid no at
tention to archaeology, not even doing any surface hunting.
In 1922 "Sarge" came back East and settled in Norwalk, Ohio, where he
had a war buddy, and opened a cabinet shop. The shop was more or less of a
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front as surface hunting had the first call on the time of him and his buddy.
Come good hunting weather and the sign in the front door said "Gone for the
day. "
In 1924 the nearby towns of Sandusky and Lorain were hit by a tornado.
The Captain of the local National Guard company invited "Sarge" to come along
as trained men were badly needed. A few weeks later "Sarge" enlisted in
Company G, 145th Infantry, Ohio National Guard, and stayed with that organ
ization for 18 years. In 1941 the Guard was called into Federal service and
"Sarge," at 50 years of age, made the grade physically and stayed with Com
pany G until the 37th Division left for the Pacific.
"Sarge" then soldiered with various outfits until he received a disability
discharge from the regular Army in July 1949. Moving back to Norwalk, he
picked up collecting where he had left off. And he went to work for the Army
Ordnance Corps at the Erie Ordnance Depot and worked there for seven years
before retiring. He first worked on anti-aircraft and obsolete guns, later on
guided missiles.
At about that time he was asked to join the Ohio Indian Relic Collectors
Society, which he did. He was elected President of that organization which,
at the time, consisted of about 125 members including deadheads. During his
term in office he engineered the change to the present Archaeological Society
of Ohio and, with the help of several dedicated members, built up the organi
zation and its publication. He was later the Secretary-Treasurer of the So
ciety, and still later was made its Executive Secretary, which position he held
at his death.
"Sarge" was Curator for Archaeology of the Museum of the Firelands His
torical Society in Norwalk, the oldest amateur society museum in Ohio. In
1956 he was created a Fellow of the Instituto Interamericano, of which he had
been a Research Associate for several years. In 1962 he was appointed a Fel
low of the Anthropological Society of Canada, and in 1964 he was elected a
Master Archaeologist of the Guild of American Pre-Historians. He was a
member or former member of many local societies, and a member of the So
ciety for American Archaeology.
He contributed many short articles and reports on Archaeology to the var
ious amateur publications in the United States and England. "Sarge1 s" first in
terest in archaeology was the Paleoindian period, of which he was one of the
early investigators.
In 1942 Arthur George Smith married Virginia Kinney of Norwalk, at Hat-
tiesburg, Mississippi. She survives him with their two sons, William Arther
Smith, II, and Thomas Edward Smith.
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The President's Page
We as individuals sometimes forget how important our membership in the
Archaeological Society of Ohio is. I would like to stress to everyone that their
membership is a contribution to archaeology. With the dues money we collect,
we can publish the Ohio Archaeologist bulletin that can preserve written and
pictoral accounts for future use. We can provide a publication for our profes
sional and amateur members to publish material and opinions that otherwise
might not get into print. We can educate new members to recognize material
when it is uncovered in their area.
The Society has done an outstanding job in the educational department.
From my own experience of eight years of membership in the Society, I have
seen every president, board, and program chairman do their best to secure
programs that would bring a wider knowledge to the membership. We plan to
continue this practice. Our program chairman, Harley Glenn, is working on
programs for our regular meetings that promise to be just as good as any we
have ever had. Technical adviser, Ray Baby, is assisting in this programing
and has some great ideas. I can assure you that the programs will be well
worth your trips to our new meeting place in Columbus.
Another great way to learn is by studying the artifacts that are on display
at the meetings. Some of the members like to acquire a certain type of flint,
stone, slate, £t cetera, that may not be found in their locale. With the extra
room, ample tables and chairs that we now have, we are going to attract more
displayers. Exhibits chairman, Julius Noebe, is working on new ribbons to be
awarded to the best displays. I have given his committee a free hand so they
will probably come up with some surprises. If you have any ideas for pro
grams or displays, let one of the chairmen know about them.
One idea that has been presented is an up-to-date membership list that
would appear in the Bulletin. This is in the works and should appear in the
October 1964 issue. When it does appear, note how many members we have
in other states. It's wonderful to have these folks. I might add that many of
them are frequent contributors of material for our magazine. Keep the ideas
coming.
Wayne A. Mortine
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The Editor's Page
This issue concludes another year's effort on the part of your Publications
Committee. Perhaps "concludes" is not the right word to use, because this
responsibility requires a continuous effort marked only by calendar mile
stones. Even as members await the arrival of the current issue, the succeed
ing one must be all but complete, and material being accumulated for the one
following that. Three issues are thus involved much of the time, a total of
about 100 pages of intense effort to make our publication attractive, interest
ing and informative.
I hope that this will accent two important points. First, of course, is the
large amount of pictures and articles required to fill just the three active is
sues underway at one time. Leaf through your last three issues and see if you
have had an article or photo in one of them. You could have had! Secondly,
if our publication is to offer a well-rounded presentation, the issues must be
built from a file by submitting material early and often, and encouraging
others to do the same. While the thrills and details of your 1964 discoveries
are fresh in your mind, write them up, get some photos, and fire them in.
When the weather turns bad and you can only sit inside, fondling and musing
over prize artifacts, share the pleasure with our other members by submit
ting them for publication.
1964 has seen the tragic passing of several true giants in archaeology and
related fields. Their services to the subject were many and varied, and re
spect was paid them because it was their just due. Their loss to this science
creates a void; who will fill it? Active men will no doubt assume the burden
of their services, but each of these people has carved his own place and the re
spect he has earned is reserved to him alone.
Leonard Brown
Important Notice
Word has been received from President Wayne Mortine that due to the ill
ness of Arthur George Smith, Ed W. Atkinson of 420 Chatham Road, Colum
bus, Ohio 43214 has been appointed assistant Executive Secretary by the Board
of Directors. All correspondence concerning the office of Executive Secretary
should be addressed to Mr. Atkinson.
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A Selection of Flint Artifacts in the Collection
of John Hogue, Coshocton, Ohio
by Dr. Norman L. Wright, Coshocton, Ohio
Mr. Hogue secured the very large Ashtabula type point under unusual cir
cumstances in Tuscarawas County in 1942. While he was hunting in the area,
a farmer mentioned having plowed out a large point several years earlier, and
being quite busy, he had tossed it down at the base of a large oak tree in his
field. This field has been cultivated since that time excavating an area 20 feet
by 30 feet to plow depth before recovering this perfect specimen which mea
sures 6-1/4 inches long by 2-1/2 inches wide.
The long fluted point is from the Flint Ridge area, Licking County, and is
registered in The Cleveland Museum of Natural History's Survey of Ohio
Fluted Points, No. 9 as No. 524. Mr. Hogue obtained the point from the Hill
collection.
The smaller fluted point is reported to be from Tuscarawas County.
The large stemmed point, a rich dark blue in color, was found in 1935,
near Schoenbrunn, Tuscarawas County, and measures 3-1/4 by 2 inches.
These points and many other excellent specimens, including the Rothen-
stine cache of over 300 blades (Ohio Archaeologist, Vol. 14, No. 1, January
1964) may currently be seen at the Johnson-Humrickhouse Memorial Museum,
Coshocton, Ohio. Hours are: Tuesdays through Saturdays -- 1 to 4:30 P.M.
Sundays - - 2 to 5 P.M. Closed Mondays.
Flint artifacts in the John Hogue collection, Johnson-Humrickhouse Mem
orial Museum, Coshocton, Ohio. Photograph courtesy of Bill Felver.
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The Cramlet Site
by Wayne Mortine, Newcomerstown, Ohio
On Friday, June 12, 1964, Ray M. Cramlet, a teacher at Coshocton Jun
ior High School, called the author, saying that he was having excavations
started for a motel on his farm located 1-1/2 miles east of Newcomerstown on
State Routes 16 and 36. The earth-moving operations would destroy a site
which had been surface-hunted for many years and considered an Indian camp
site by local collectors. The site was near the end of a sloping projection ex
tending into the valley of the Tuscarawas River. It was 5 or 6 acres in area
with a nearly level surface and was 15 to 20 feet higher than the surrounding
river bottom. The first firepit was uncovered the following morning, June 13,
on the western perimeter of the area. Since the site was to be quicklyde-
stroyed, Leonard Brown and H. C. Kunz were asked to help with the salvage
work.
The first pit (Pit A) was excavated by Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Mortine and
members of the Cramlet family. It produced 140 potsherds of plain grit-tem
pered pottery three-eighths to one-half inch thick. The rim sections are un
derrated and flare out only slightly from the vessel wasil (Fig. 1). The
largest reconstructed rim section gave a projected diameter of 10 inches on
the inside of the mouth of the vessel. The reconstructed portions showed that
there were parts of two or more large pots in the pit. Other artifacts found in
it were a broken Adena expanded bar gorget (found in three pieces, Fig. 3), a
crude hemispheric stone with shallow grooves on its opposite edges, a broken
point of translucent Flint Ridge flint, and a broken basal end.
The second pid (Pit B) was excavated by H. C. Kunz and Wayne Mortine.
This pit contained hundreds of fragmented plain, thick, grit-tempered pot
sherds. No other artifacts were found. An unusual feature of this pit was the
scarcity of rim sherds -- only seven fragments were found.
The third pit (Pit C) was excavated by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Brown.
Many potsherds of smooth thick ware were found, most of which belonged to a
single pot. Reconstruction of the badly-fragmented sherds produced the side-
wall of a tall pot. The restored portion consists of about one-third of its cir
cumference and most of its height( Fig. 2). Continuation of its curvatures on
the inner surfaces produced a rim diameter of 9-1/4 inches, a major diameter
of 11 inches located 9-3/4 inches below the rim, and an overall height of
19-1/2 inches. Rough calculations indicated an internal capacity of 6-1/4 gal
lons.
Unfortunately the bottom section was not recovered in the hurried excava
tion, but a projection of its lower curvature indicates a rounded rather than a
conical bottom. The surface of the body and rim was entirely undecorated. It
probably served as a storage or a cooking vessel.
The fourth pit (Pit D) was excavated by the Cramlets, H. C. Kunz, and
Wayne Mortine. It was the largest of the pits, being 5 feet in diameter and
extending 4 feet below the soil surface. It contained the largest amount of
pottery in number and size of sherds. Pit D also produced the first variation
in the form of the pottery. Some of the rim sections showed more curvature
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