Volume 65, Number 2, April 2018
On the Cover: The Wilbanks monolithic axe was found after heavy rains in the spring of 1917 by James Lawson on the banks of the Etowah River near Ball Ground in Cherokee County, Georgia. The axe suffered damage at the hands of the Lawson children who utilized it as a projectile to knock apples off of a tree. It was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution on February 22, 1922, which then restored it. It is the only known monolithic axe with engraving, and this is the first time it has been published in true color. It measures 11 1/8 inches in length and is made from a highly polished greenstone. Collection of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
Table of Contents
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Message from the Editor | Steven R. Cooper | 59 |
| Letters to the Editor | David J. Vohlken; Jim Roberson; Steve Hart; Carl Wagle; George Jachim | 60 |
| The Barbara L. Eicher Vase Pipe | Jeff Pyle | 61 |
| Remembering Col. Ben Wesley Thompson 1923–2017 | Steven R. Cooper | 62–65 |
| Mortars and Pestles of the Southeastern States | Bob Reeves | 66–69 |
| X-Rays, Archaeology and the Chopsticks of Death | E. J. Neiburger | 70–74 |
| Analysis of an Iowa Trophy-Like Axe | Alfred D. Savage | 75 |
| Patina: A Visual Reference Guide to Prehistoric Copper Use in the Western Great Lakes Region (Review) | — | 76 |
| David Leigh Root 1950–2018 | — | 76 |
| Shell Ornaments of the Southern Appalachian Mississippians | Ron L. Harris | 77–79 |
| Two Rare Contact Period Artifacts from Martha’s Vineyard | Bill Moody | 80–81 |
| The Wilbanks Site and the Wilbanks Farm, Cherokee County, Georgia | Sandy B. Carter | 82–85 |
| The Rabbit’s Foot – Bad or Good Luck? | Lee Gregory | 86–87 |
| Buried in Wood | Peter G. Murphy; Alice J. Murphy | 87–88 |
| When Your Find Really Is Just a Rock | Amy A. Germuth | 89 |
| A Cameo Style Quapaw Bottle from the Don Dickson Collection | Ray Fraser | 90–91 |
| Arlo’s Creek | David Marolf | 92–93 |
| The Fox Site: A Central Ohio Valley Archaic Site in Southeast Indiana | Daniel Lawson | 93–96 |
| Clues to the Past | Steven R. Cooper | 97 |
| The Full Grooved Axe of the Early Archaic Period in Southeast Missouri | Craig Hale | 98–99 |
| Chert: A Foundation for Culture | Jason Pentrail; James Waldo | 100–101 |
| Cache or Trash | Jeff Lee | 101–102 |
| The Mica Arrowpoint: A Colorado Oddity | Tom Westfall | 103 |
| The Haywoods and Days of Yore | V. Gary Henry | 104–105 |
| Archaeology and Artifacts: The Tattooed Earth Mother Effigy Bottle | David H. Dye | 106–107 |
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