I had the pleasure of being at the statehouse yesterday with other members of the ohio historical society (Sharon dean, brad Lepper, Linda Pansing and juli six amongst others) and approximately 100 young ladies from the Columbus school for girls who started trying to get the adena pipe added as the state artifact of ohio about a year ago. Through perseverance, these young ladies have brought attention to the importance of archaeology in the state of ohio.

It was a pleasure and honor being in attendance as governor John kasich signed the adena pipe into law as the state artifact of ohio.

The adena pipe is a pipe that depicts a figure in a crouching stance and possibly dancing or singing. The pipe is made from pipestone from Portsmouth, ohio and dates to around
10 AD. The pipe was found in a mound at adena, the home of Thomas worthington, who is the father of ohio statehood. The name “adena” refers to the name of the home that Thomas worthington chose and means “pleasant valley” in Hebrew. The artifact was chosen over other artifacts due to its ties with with the state of Ohio’s founding father.

Teachers who helped students from csg get the adena pipe through the process were able to dot John kasich’s “I” on the bill..and did so with a smiley face 🙂

It’s an exciting time for archaeology in the state of ohio right now with a new state artifact and other sites- such as zoar village going through renovations and the unesco world heritage drive for the earthworks as a world heritage site- coming to the forefront.

I currently don’t have Internet at home and can only post on my phone as of now, but please stay tuned for more on archaeology!! 🙂

Congrats again to the state of ohio on its new artifact- the adena pipe!!! 🙂