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 […]
Uncovering a Santa Fe Point in South Georgia
by C.I0’Neill, Monroe, North Carolina 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.95 It was a […]
The Harpeth River Point
by Steven R. Cooper, Editor-in-Chief Originally Published in the Central States Archaeological Journal, Vol.55, No.3, pg.158 I feel lucky to live by a river that has actually had a point […]
The Best of the Best
by Kent C. Westbrook, Little Rock, Arkansas Originally Published in the Central States Archaeological Journal, Vol.55, No.4, pg.220 The late Roy Hathcock, of West Plains, Missouri, was one of the […]
The Pike County Cache — A History Detectives Saga
by Charlie Wagers, Fairfield, Ohio Originally Published in the Central States Archaeological Journal, Vol.55, No.4, pg.256 I first saw the large Caddo blades in the accompanying photograph in 1958 on […]
CLOVIS SPEARHEADS FROM NASH COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA DANIEL G. GALL, PH.D. COLLECTION
Mount Olive, North Carolina Finding a Clovis spearhead is a rare and exciting event, one that few amateur or professional archaeologists have experienced. You can survey plowed fields and excavate […]
EAST WENATCHEE CLOVIS SITE
By Leslie S. Pfeiffer, Associate Editor On May 27, 1987, farm worker Moses Aguirre was digging a trench for irrigation pipe in an apple orchard owned by Dr. Mack Richey […]
A SIMPLE REQUEST
By Tony Baker I was walking east and gradually upward over the dry, monotonous landscape. The wind was quiet and the late morning sun had warmed the day to sweatshirt […]
JOHN KUBENA COLLECTION
ROUND TOP, TEXAS (John Kubena photo)