Volume 64, number 2, April 2017
On the Cover: Raptor talon effigy bifaces excavated from house floor, Link Farm site (40HS6) (A.D. 1300-1400), Humphreys County, Tennessee. Courtesy of the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Tennessee. These are part of a new column in this publication, “Archaeology and Artifacts” by Dr. David H. Dye, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Memphis. Photography by David H. Dye
Table of Contents
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Message from the Editor | Steven R. Cooper | 75 |
| Archaeology in Early America: The Big Mound | — | 76 |
| The Dalton Hole | Rick Steed | 77–78 |
| Seven Superb Axes | David A. Easterla | 79–81 |
| Hopewell Copper | E. J. Neiburger | 82–86 |
| Archaeology in Early America: Wonders of the Lowlands, Part One | L. J. Du Pré | 87–89 |
| Bifurcated Points | Ted Koelikamp | 90–91 |
| Spear Weights or Atlatl Weights? | David J. Vohlken | 92 |
| The 1730 Siege of the Fox Fort, McLean County, Illinois | Ray Fraser | 93–95 |
| An Owl Effigy Bottle | James Maus | 95–96 |
| A Kirk Point Gone Awry | Peter G. Murphy; Alice J. Murphy | 97 |
| A Bar of Soap | David Marolf | 98 |
| The Root Ball Graham Cave | David Marolf | 98–99 |
| The Ronald K. Knight Relic Room, Signal Mountain, Tennessee | — | 100–101 |
| The “Family Tree” Collection | Bill Moody | 102–103 |
| Miniature Stone Axes | Ron L. Harris | 104–105 |
| A Unique Bannerstone – The Story of a Family Heirloom | Mark Retz; Steven R. Cooper | 106–107 |
| Plummets from the Lower Illinois River Valley, New Canton, Pike Co., Illinois | Korhan B. Raif | 108–109 |
| A Case for Native American Altered Jesuit Rings | Jake Ilko Jr. | 109–111 |
| Paleo/Archaic Points from Western North Carolina | V. Gary Henry | 112 |
| Benton and Elk River/Benton Blades Far from Home | Edmund Butkus | 113–114 |
| The Lost City of the Monkey God (Review) | — | 114 |
| Olander J. “Jack” Barrett, Jr. 1923–2016 | King Ross | 114 |
| I’ll Find an Axe and Be Right Back | Paul Herrick | 115–116 |
| The Pipe | Scott Sprague; Steven R. Cooper | 116–117 |
| Clues to the Past | Steven R. Cooper | 118–121 |
| Archaeology and Artifacts: Mississippian Ritual Weaponry | David H. Dye | 122–123 |
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