A Remarkable Cougar Effigy Gorget from Clinton County, Ohio

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1984

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Archaeological Society of Ohio

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An unusual steatite gorget fashioned in the form of a cougar jaw is illustrated from the Richardson Collection, Clinton Co., Ohio. Comparison to Adena cut animal maxilla masks suggest that the artifact is Early Woodland in age.

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Steatite effigy gorget (Clinton Co., Ohio), Prehistoric cougar jaw effigy

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James L. Murphy and James L. Morton, "A Remarkable Cougar Effigy Gorget from Clinton County, Ohio," Ohio Archaeologist 34, no. 2 (Spring 1984): 4-5.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1811/38915

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