THE SIOUAN DISC PIPE
By Toney Aid This red Catlinite “Siouan” disc pipe was found at the Campbell site in Pemiscot County, Missouri. The Campbell disc pipe is large for its type. It’s base […]
MISSISSIPPIAN POTTERY ELBOW PIPES – “EVERYMAN’S PIPE”
Article and Photographs by Toney Aid Shell tempered pottery pipes are found at hundreds of Mississippian sites across the southeastern United States. From Clarence B. Moore’s early explorations, through the […]
CADDOAN PIPES
Article and Photographs by Sam JohnsonMurfreesboro, Arkansas Styles of pipes are a significant marker in the archeological record of many cultures. It seems as though Caddo pipe styles stayed the […]
THE BOSTROM FIGURE PIPE – THE “CAHOKIA CALUMET PIPE”
By James E. Marten The Missouri flint clay figure pipe on the facing page was discovered in Madison County, Illinois in 1955 on a blufftop Mississippian ritual/mortuary site overlooking Cahokia […]
CAHOKIAN FLINT CLAY EFFIGY FIGURINES
By John T. Pafford, G.I.R.S. Associate Editor Some of the most easily recognizable portrayals of Mississippian art are the large stone figural effigy pipes that have been well-documented in archaeological […]
THE GREAT PIPES – SOME OF OUR FINEST PREHISTORIC ART!
By Steven L. Hart – Huntington, Indiana INTRODUCTION Many of us have spent hundreds, if not thousands, of childhood and adult hours walking the land or working the fields, always […]