| Abstrakt: |
The Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology was tasked with archaeological explorations of mounds in the Eastern United States in 1881. Cyrus Thomas was named head of the Division of Mound Exploration, and he hired assistants to conduct mound explorations in different areas east of the Mississippi River. This work was conducted between 1882 and 1890 in the Eastern United States. Thomas hired an assistant to examine mounds in Western Pennsylvania between 1885 and 1886. Several mounds were examined in the Monongahela Valley. The most famous of these was the Crall Mound in Monongahela City. The mounds, burials and associated artifacts were described in Thomas' 1894 Report of Mound Explorations of the Bureau of Ethnology. However, none of the artifacts were illustrated in his report. The author visited the Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center and photographed artifacts recovered by the Thomas expedition to the Monongahela Valley. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
