HORSE CREEK CHERT ARTIFACTS

Charles E. Moore Florence, Alabama Central States Archaeological Journal OCTOBER, 1998VOLUME 45 NUMBER 4   Horse Creek chert is among the most beautiful flint types ever used by Native Americans. […]

Something Extraordinary

Extraordinary is defined as “very unusual or remarkable.” The points shown here certainly live up to this description.

EARLY MAN IN THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN

By Leslie S. Pfeiffer, Associate Editor The Great Basin is a large, arid region of the northwestern United States. The northern Great Basin includes south-central Oregon, northern Nevada, and the […]

PAISLEY FIVE MILE POINT ROCKSHELTER:

PRE-CLOVIS EVIDENCE FROM COPROLITES? By Leslie S. Pfeiffer, Associate EditorPhotos courtesty of University of Oregon website I was fortunate to be invited to attend the Paleo American Origins Workshop in […]

The Hi-lo Point

by Patrick L. Mooney, Peru, Indiana Originally Published in the Central States Archaeological Journal, Vol.56, No.4, pg.200 Originally Published in the Central States Archaeological Journal, Vol.57, No.2, pg.70 The Hi-lo […]

Glass Points of the California Indians

by C. J. O’Neill, Monroe, North Carolina Originally Published in the Central States Archaeological Journal, Vol.55, No.3, pg.128 Protracted contacts with white settlers in the 19th Century in what is […]

Earliest Archaic Smoking Instruments

By Col.John F. Berner, Roswell, Georgia Originally Published in the Central States Archaeological Journal, Vol.57, No.2, pg.73 The earliest dated prehistoric North American smoking instrument is identified as a mid-archaic tapered […]

A Remarkable Engraved Elbow Pipe

Originally Published in the Central States Archaeological Journal, Vol.57, No.3, pg.140 A huge unique elbow style pipe from East Tennessee. This is highly engraved 7 inch in length pipe is […]

Three Woodland Pipes

Originally Published in the Central States Archaeological Journal, Vol.57, No.3, pg.141 Above:  A Late Woodland Vase Style Pipe from Fulton County, Indiana.  It is made from Petosky Stone, which shows […]