THE FOLSOM/MIDLAND CONNECTION

By Jeb A. Taylor Many Folsom sites contain both fluted and unfluted points. It is not known whether they were made by two separate complexes co-habiting the High Plains, a […]

THE FOLSOM MYSTIQUE

By Jeb A. Taylor Folsom points are surrounded by a mystique that is absent from most other types of projectile points. This is partly because in their early stages of […]

THE SHIFTING SANDS FOLSOM/MIDLAND SITE (41WK21)

By Tom Westfall Figure 1. Folsom and Midland points from the Shifting Sands site. There is a bias among some professional archaeologists which suggests that avocational collectors do considerable harm […]

Flint and Chert: A Chemical Form

James Tharpe, Plainfield, Indiana Flint is formed by chemical action on minerals that contain a compound of silicon and oxygen called silica. Water dissolves the silica out of the minerals […]

Acquiring a Masterpiece

by Mike Sutton, Harrisburg, Illinois 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.74 When moons and […]

A Large North Carolina Morrow Mountain Spear

by, Rodney M Peck, Kannapolis, 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.96 Perhaps […]

A Family Treasure

by Tim Dunham, Otterville, Missouri 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.98 The St. Charles […]

A Large Kirk from Houston County, Georgia

by Robert Beasley. Smyrna, Georgia, Clinton, Missouri Originally Published in the Central States Archaeological Journal, Vol.57, No.2, pg.99 Originally Published in the Central States Archaeological Journal, Vol.56, No.4, pg.200 Originally […]

A Theory on the Usage of Bird Points

by Mike Roper, Trussville, Alabama Originally Published in the Central States Archaeological Journal, Vol.56, No.2, pg.94 I have collected artifacts in the surround­ing counties of Trussville, Alabama for the past […]