Indian Mound, Southern Marion Ohio, Late 1800's.

A photo from the Ohio Historical Society, from the book "Images of America; Marion Ohio", by Stuart J Koblentz, comes this; an archeological dig of an Indian Mound, taken from the late 1800's.  Note that everyone pictured is hardly even an adolescent and the young boy protecting the site with a rifle.  You don’t want to cross him!  I'm assuming that adults were heading-up this dig.  We can only hope.        

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