Tremper Mound Copper Celt

ID: 607 ~ Source: Wertz Collection (Item #2001-005-734), Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center, Portsmouth, Ohio. Photo by Lacy Davis. ~ Creator: Lacy Davis
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Tremper Mound Copper Celt

A celt made from copper, with a Tremper Mound provenance, shows little wear, indicating its probable use a ceremonial object.

This file appears in: Tremper Mound and Earthworks

By Nancy Stranahan
Tremper Mound was constructed on the west terrace of the Scioto River, five miles north of its confluence with the Ohio. Built late in the first century BCE, which was quite early in the Hopewell Cultural era, Tremper Mound’s irregularly shaped…