Volume 45, Number 2, April 1998
On The Cover: Gorget found in Morgan County, Alabama, by J.B. Ratliff. It was passed to his son Edward Ratliff and is now in the collection of Stroud. The gorget is 4½ inches long and 2⅛ inches wide, made from polished red stone. It has 3 holes drilled from both sides, and a fourth hole partially started. The gorget was featured in Sun Circles and Human Hands, 1957. It was chosen by the Rebel State Archaeological Society of Alabama for this issue’s cover.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
|---|---|---|
| On the Surface | John T. Crowley | 54–55 |
| Avocational Archaeology: The Obvious | Carl M. Wright | 56–57 |
| I Hope This Is Not a Trend | Dale E. Roberts | 58–59 |
| A Rare Kansas Find: An Engraved Bone Pin | Daniel Fox | 60–61 |
| Man’s Best Friend and Field Competition | James Yelton | 62–63 |
| The Road to Truxton | Bob Rampani | 64–66 |
| A Flared Hoe and Celt from the Lawrence Primus Site, Madison County, Illinois | Ray Fraser | 67–68 |
| My Odd Discoveries | Michelle Patterson | 69–70 |
| An Awakening | Peter Graetz | 71–72 |
| Michigan Annual Achievement Award | George Jachim | 73 |
| The Collection | Darrel Largen | 74–75 |
| The Native Instinct Cache | Bryan K. Florence | 76–79 |
| Is Right Left? | Tony Clinton | 80 |
| Life with Darrell: Those Dog Days | Jeff Anderson | 81–82 |
| My First Find | Doug Anderson | 83–85 |
| The Mound Bottom Site in Cheatham County, Tennessee: An Infrared Overview, Circa 1988 | Jim S. Jenkins Jr. | 86–90 |
| Keys to the Kingdom | Bob Lee | 91 |
| The Charles Moore Cumberland | Charles E. Moore | 92–93 |
| The “Atlantic” Birdstone — Eastern North Carolina | Rodney M. Peck | 94–96 |
| All by Myself | Robert Randall Jr. | 97 |
| Copena Culture | Bruce Butts | 98 |
| Doing It Right | Clay Melancom | 99 |
| Book Review | — | 101 |
| In Search of the Wild Indian: Photographs and Life Works by Carl and Grace Moon | Reviewed by Alan Banks | 101 |
| Points & Barbs | Gregory Perino | 102–103 |
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