Swick, Duane

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40 41AN ERiE COUNTy CAChE bLAdEbyDuane SwickColumbus, OH The cache blade shown in Figure 1 is made of Flint Ridge chalcedony in various shades of gray and caramel. It is 31/4 inches long. The workmanship is excellent and the piece is thin and tabular with large percussion flakes and delicate pressure flaking on the edges. Although the blade resembles those often found in the Adena culture, it is probably of Hopewell origin. It was found at the Esch Site in Erie County and was once part of the Arthur George “Sarge” Smith collection. Its Hopewell origin lies in the fact that the Esch site — and the Esch Mound — is one of the northernmost expressions known of Ohio Hopewell.TWO UNiON COUNTy FiNdsbyLeonard CoyleMarysville, OH Shown are two fine pieces found near Bokes Creek in Union County, Ohio. On the left is a 31/8 inch Adena adze made of gra-nitic porphyry. On the right is an Early Archaic Large Bifurcate made of Coshocton flint.Figure 1 (Swick) Flint Ridge Hopewell 33/4 inch cache blade from the Esch Site in Erie County, Ohio.Figure 1 (Coyle) Adena adze and Large Bifurcate.Ohio Archaeologist Vol. 60, No. 4, Fall 2010

An Erie County Cache Blade

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An Erie County Cache Blade

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