Adena Burial Mound Pipe Sculpture (IMAGE)

University of Cincinnati

Adena Burial Mound Pipe Sculpture

Caption

The 2000-year-old pipe sculpture's bulging neck is evidence of thyroid disease as a result of iodine deficient water and soil in the ancient Ohio Valley.

Credit

Kenneth Tankersley

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