Study of pipestone artifacts overturns a century-old assumption
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 15:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In a new study, the first to actually test pipestone from quarries across the upper Midwest, researchers conclude that those who buried ceremonial pipes in a famous mound site in southeastern Ohio got the stone – and perhaps even the finished, carved pipes – from Illinois. The findings offer new insight into the Hopewell people, who lived in the region from about 100 B.C. to A.D. 400.