Excerpt from Proceedings of Central Ohio Scientific Association of Urbana, Ohio, 1878, Vol. 1: Part 1

This map will contain the exact location! And dimensions of all the mounds and earth-works Situated in the valley of Mad river and of its tributaries, and will constitute a valuable contribution to the gen eral archaeological map of Ohio. The importance of this work can hardly be Over-estimated. Already many of the smaller earth-works have disappeared, having been destroyed through constant cultivation of the soil, and their location must be a matter of uncertainty and can be determined only by tradition. This process of destruction is going on. With ever increasing rapidity and thoroughness under the demands of agriculture, so that in a few years it will be too late to secure the record of the Site and extent of these ancient land marks. And yet there has been no period since their earliest discovery when so much interest has been-aroused upon the subject of these remains, as at the present. The vast amount of material brought together at the Centennial Exposition and viewed by thousands from all Sections of the country not only excited an intense interest in all matters per taining to the prehistoric inhabitants of the continent, but it 'has also had the farther effect of spreading an intelligent appreciation among people every Where of the character and variety of the relics found in the soil, and of the importance of collecting and preserving them. Of equal interest also are the earth-works and mounds, the only structures which have been left by time, as indestructible, when nu disturbed by the hand of man, as the stone implements themselves. From these last must be gathered the greater part of all that can ever be known concerning the customs, domestic, ceremonial and religions, of their builders and of the degree of their civilization. The plan of the Association, in selecting a definite and limited field for its opera tions in this direction, will, it is believed, be productive of more valu able results than can be secured by desultory surveys and excavations in different parts of the State, and the work thus accomplished will supplement the labors of other similar societies. In the work of pre paring the archaeological map of Ohio the Association will cordially co-operate with these societies.

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