Volume 67, Number 1, January 2020
On the Cover: Dreams do come true! These two Saddleface type bannerstones were uncovered together as a cache by Larry Tolliver in June of 2019. He was hunting for arrowheads in the afternoon in the vincity of Salt Creek in Monroe County, Indiana, when he happened upon them.
He originally passed over the artifacts once and his hunting partner passed over them twice! When at last he spotted them, he saw only one and thought it was a “strange looking brick.” The other bannerstone was right next to it. They were buried perpendicular to the ground (i.e. straight up). Both are made of gneiss and have been prehistorically polished. The bannerstone at the front measures 3 inches in length. The one in the rear is 4 inches in length and is only partially drilled.
According to David Lutz in his book The Archaic Bannerstone: Its Chronological History and Purpose from 6000B.C. to 1000 B.C., this style is one of the most prolific patterns of the Late Archaic time period. He asserts that the Saddleface evolved from the Tube bannerstone, and that the knobs on the ends were made to imitate the horns on deer.
Collection of Larry Tolliver, Harrordsburg, Indiana
Table of Contents
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Message from the Editor | Steven R. Cooper | 3 |
| Southeastern Council Pipes | Sandy B. Carter Jr. | 4–7 |
| Middle Tennessee Hornstone | Todd Irvine | 8–10 |
| Obituary: James C. Cox 1928–2019 | Tommy Bryden | 10 |
| Surface Hunting Mississippian Sites in Missouri | Ron Bogg | 11 |
| Crescents: Transverse Points or Multipurpose Tools? | Dewey Dietz | 12–16 |
| Old Peoria Road | Paul Herrick | 17–18 |
| Obituary: Richard M. Burnett 1936–2019 | — | 18 |
| What is the Smallest Three-Quarter Groove Axe? | David A. Easterla | 19 |
| Radiocarbon Dates for Old Copper in Rusk County | Gordon K. Morris; Jack Steinbring | 20–23 |
| Paleo Observations from a Field Collector | Robert Moyer | 23–27 |
| Something Extraordinary | Steven R. Cooper | 28–29 |
| Right Place at the Right Time | Ron L. Harris | 30–32 |
| The Rarest of the Rare: A Cache of Earspools | Joe Kinker | 32–33 |
| Perhaps the Only One? A Prehistoric Gorge | Jimmy Mattingly | 34 |
| A Darn Good Excuse | David Marolf | 35 |
| Did Polynesians Visit the Prehistoric Americas? | E. J. Neiburger | 36–43 |
| Tracing an Artifact’s History: The Story of a Channeled Gouge from Massachusetts | Bill Moody | 44–45 |
| The Brain | C. J. O’Neill | 46 |
| A Single Component Site in Sumner County, Tennessee | Leroy Irons | 47–48 |
| Beaded Knife Sheaths of the American Indian | Peter G. Murphy; Alice J. Murphy | 49 |
| The Real and Not So Real – Part Two | Steven R. Cooper | 50 |
| Archaeology and Artifacts: Archaeology and Genetic Testing | David H. Dye | 51 |
