The Problem of the Ohio Mounds
Table of Contents

The Problem Of The Ohio Mounds

By Cyrus Thomas.


Contents

Introduction

I. Historical evidence

II. Similarity of the arts and customs of the mound-builders to those of  Indians
    Architecture
    Tribal divisions
    Similarity in burial customs
    Removal of the flesh before burial
    Burial beneath or in dwellings
    Burial in a sitting or squatting posture
    The use of fire in burial ceremonies
    Similarity of the stone implements and ornaments of various tribes
    Mound and Indian pottery

III. Stone graves and what they teach

IV. The Cherokees as mound-builders

V. The Cherokees and the Tallegwi