Are Ancient Indian Artifacts Genuine or Fake?
How do you know if Ancient Indian Artifacts are genuine or fake?
This page contains several articles regarding Ancient Indian Artifacts and how to determine whether they are real or fake.
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The Indian Relic Collector’s Rights and Remedies Under The Law
Featured Article from The Redskin, Volume XIV Number two, 1979, by Prosecuting Attorney, Tommy Tucker
Local Participation Guarantees Success for Your Artifact Show
Native American Artifact/ Relic Event planning involves the process of organizing and coordinating all the necessary elements to make an event successful. It includes a wide range of tasks such
Reproduction or Replica?
Unpublished 12/31/99 What is the difference? A reproduction is a copy of any artifact which simulates or resembles the original, or may vary slightly from it; but to the ordinary
Collecting beginning
As the early pioneer farmers began to turn the sod and cultivate the fields of rural North America, stone age artifacts of long past civilizations began to emerge from their
Perfect Arrowhead Phenomena
Pg.9, Vol.XXXI No.2,1997 “Prehistoric American” Perfect means flawless. Phenomena means an unusual, unaccountable, remarkable fact or occurrence. The appearance of thousands of perfect arrowheads in the last 10 years; must certainly
False patina; an illusion of age
Pg.31, Vol. XXX, No.1, 1996, “Prehistoric American” What is patina? Webster’s dictionary(2) says:”the sheen on antique surface produced by use and age”. If that is patina, what is false patina? I
Artifact or Artifake?
Pg.186,Vol.31, No.4 ,1984, “Central States Archaeological Journal” My past experiences as Editor-inchief of both the Redskin and Artifacts magazines provided an excellent opportunity to personally examine thousands of genuine, ancient artifacts
Etiquette of a Gentleman Collector
Pg3, Vol.XXXIV, No.4, 2000, “Prehistoric American” For 31 years, most of my editorializing has been the subject of Frauds, etc. This is the forty eighth publication I have produced for the GIRS,
Beware of wolves in sheep’s clothing
Pg.142, Volume 46, No3,1999, “Central States Archaeological Journal” Wolves abound everywhere and while you may not readily recognize them, they prey on avocational archaeologists and artifact collectors alike. These wolves have
A preoccupation with Fakes?
Pg.31,Vol.XXX, No.2, 1996, “Prehistoric American” I certainly hope not.But the fact remains that Fakes are an ever present problem. Late in 1988, I was politely informed by one of our illustrious
Local Participation Guarantees Success for Your Artifact Show
Native American Artifact/ Relic Event planning involves the process of organizing and coordinating all the necessary elements to make an event successful. It includes a wide range of tasks such
How to tell a Fake
Pg.109, Vol.VI, No.4, 1969 “The Redskin” Fakes come in two kinds, those that are sold; and those that sell them. And sometimes you can’t tell the last kind anything. Experience is
A never ending supply
Pg.25, Vol. XXII, No.4, 1988, “Prehistoric Artifacts” I never cease to be amazed at the crassness of the dishonest purveyor of Fake material. We set up a display of
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- Ageing flint is counterfeiting
- Bannerstones Comprehension
- Bodega Bay Anthology
- Discoidals, Gamestones & Circle rollers
- Legal Recourse for Fakes and Reproductions
- Pipes & Smoking Instruments
- Plummets, Picks, Bars, Cones, etc.
- Primitive Vessels of clay
- Responsible Collecting and The Law
- Stone ornaments; Gorgets & Pendants
- The Birdstone Enigma