Her First Arrowhead Find
by Todd Walterspaugh, Galesburg, Michigan Originally Published in the Central States Archaeological Journal, Vol.57, No.3, pg.150 It was a chilly day in early April of 2009 but that didn’t stop […]
MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACTS
arious artifacts from Arkansas on display: Collection of David Bogle, Bentonville, Arkansas Above are four fine Caddo engraved bottles. The workmanship and quality of these bottles is extraordinary. All are […]
PERSONAL FINDS: COLLECTING BY SITE
An Interesting Way of Maintaining a Solid Archaeological Record of Surface Finds ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY TOM WESTFALL Allen Site: A Jimmy Allen occupation site in Yuma County, Colorado, this […]
SQUIER & DAVIS RECONSIDERED
A BRIEF HISTORY OF AND SELECTED PHOTOS FROM ONE OF THE PREMIER19TH CENTURY COLLECTIONS OF NORTH AMERICAN ARTIFACTS Few North American artifact collections are more fascinating than the one compiled […]
COLLECTING ARTIFACTS – RANDOM THOUGHTS
By Oliver T. Skrivanie Artifact collecting philosophy is very personal, as you are the only one who must be happy and satisfied with your collection. There is no secret or […]
ISHI AND THE D.B. LYON CONNECTION
By Jeb A. Taylor, Associate Editor One of the great pleasures in performing research is the occasional discovery of something new and exciting. Recently, while working on a project analyzing […]
A Case for the Masters Point
by Tom Westfall, Sterling, Colorado 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.80 At the end […]
THE PALEO END SCRAPER
By Tony Baker as Edited by Gene Hynek The Paleo End Scraper (PES) is an extremely important artifact because it is a temporal indicator, like the projectile. Dr. Frison has […]
Carbon 14 Dating: Past, Present and Future A simplified explanation
by Jim Cherry, Fayetteville, Arkansas Originally Published in the Central States Archaeological Journal, Vol.56, No.1, pg.28 Used tens of thousands of times, carbon-14 (C-14) dating continues to be an essential […]
Scientific Techniques in the Authentication Process
by Mark Rasmussen, Stillwater, Minnesota and Thomas Amble, St. Paul, Minnesota The purpose of this article is to present an overview of some of the advanced scientific techniques that are […]