Ohio History Journal

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS OF JACKSON COUNTY

ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS OF JACKSON COUNTY

 

 

BY WILLIAM C. MILLS.

 

INTRODUCTION.

During the summer of 1905, by special request of a number

of citizens and local archaeologists of Jackson county, the Ohio

State Archaeological and Historical Society sent an expedition

into the county, under the direction of the writer, which examined

a few of the many rock shelters, mounds and petroglyphs located

in Lick, Liberty and Jackson townships. The object of the

examination was to determine, if possible, whether the rock

shelters and other places of abode were occupied for any great

length of time as a domicile by prehistoric man or were used

as a temporary and convenient stopping place for roving bands

in search of food.

TOPOGRAPHY.

Jackson county, for the most part, is very rough and hilly.

The entire surface, taken as a whole, being an irregular suc-

cession of moderately high hills and deep ravines, making it

undesirable for a permanent habitat for a people depending for

their subsistence in some degree upon the cultivation of the soil.

Along the streams there are broad and beautiful valleys and

in the eastern part of the county the hills exhibit more gradual

slopes as compared to the western section of the county, where

the conglomerate hills are often very steep, and the deep chan-

nels, cut through them by Salt Creek and its many tributaries,

often present precipitous faces for a height of sixty feet or

more, giving to the scenery a bold and mural character.

 

 

SOIL.

The soil of Jackson county is not well adapted to the raising

of cereals, as it is for the most part a thin covering over the

rocks and this is especially true of the western part of the county,

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