Volume 63, Number 1, January 2016
On the Cover: This 14th century Hemphill-style pottery vessel is in the form of a beaker (cup).It has been incised with a skull motif and forearm bones, both of which are considered to be “trophy” items. It stands 5 ½ inches tall and is 4 ¼ inches in diameter. It is in the collection of the Alabama Museum of Natural History, University of Alabama, and is on display as part of the ongoing exhibition “Lost Realm of the Black Warrior” at Moundville Archaeological Park, which is located just south of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. More than two hundred exceptional artifacts are showcased in the various exhibits on display in the museum.
Table of Contents
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Message from Your Editor | Steven R. Cooper | 3 |
| Letters to the Editor | Keith Bailey; David Vohlken; Ron Scheffers; Steven R. Cooper; Tom Forman; Dave Lutz; Mike Sutton; Steven Langley; Craig Hale; Ron L. Harris | 4 |
| Mounds and Earthworks on the Public Highway Part Eight: Moundville State Park | Steven R. Cooper | 5–10 |
| GPS plus Three Hunts Equals One Whole Axe | Adam Agusti | 11 |
| The Columbia Cache in Georgia | Wm. Jack Hranicky | 12–15 |
| The Campbell Buffalo Fish Bowls | James E. Maus | 15–17 |
| An Unusual Axe Type from the North Carolina Piedmont | Peter G. Murphy; Alice J. Murphy | 17–18 |
| Her First Point | Anthony Havens | 19 |
| An Interesting Discoidal/Pipe Preform | Jerry Dickey | 19 |
| A Tale of Two Friends | Fred Zimmermann | 20–21 |
| Four Caches of Old Copper Artifacts from Vilas County, Wisconsin | E. J. Neiburger | 22–23 |
| An Agreement at “Tater Hole” | Charles Mike Sutton | 24–25 |
| Collecting Relics from an Old Time Arkansas Collection | Rick Steed | 26–27 |
| The Fort Hill Turkeytail Cache | Constance M. Sedler | 28–29 |
| An Interesting Observation | Charlie S. Wagers; Charles S. Wagers | 30–31 |
| The Parker “Horseshoe Bend” Woodland Period Site | Ron L. Harris | 32–34 |
| Best Christmas Ever | Rodney Farr | 35 |
| Gravers | Bob Reeves | 36–37 |
| Form Correspondence in the Assessment of Archaic Cultural Affinities Among Rock Art Sites of the Midwest | Jack Steinbring | 38–44 |
| Cody’s Knife | Tom C. Westfall | 45–46 |
| A Father’s Day to Remember | Olivia Allen | 47 |
| Ancestors: Ancient Native American Sculptures of Tennessee: An Exhibition at the Tennessee State Museum October 30, 2015 – May 15, 2016 | Steven R. Cooper | 48 |
| Another Disc Comes to Light | Steven R. Cooper | 49 |
| An Archaeological Search Turns up Some Mysteries | John Marion | 50–51 |
| La Florida: Imperial Spain Invades Indian Chiefdoms of North America; The Last Conquistadors of Southeast North America: Pedro Menendez and the Collapse of La Florida’s Frontier | — | 51 |
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