Volume 71, Number 1, January 2024
On the Cover: An illustration of the so-called “Copper Solar Ogee Deity,” a 21” (53 cm) in height Southeastern Ceremonial Complex Mississippian culture repoussé copper plate. It depicts the profile of a dancing winged figure, wielding a ceremonial mace in its right hand and a severed head in the left. The plate was discovered at the Lake Jackson Mounds site in northern Florida. Design-wise, it is in the Late Braden Style associated with Cahokia Mounds in Illinois. Similar to the Rogan Plates found at Etowah Mounds in Georgia, several motifs differentiate this representation of the “birdman.” On his head, he is bearing an ogee motif, and instead of the raptor beak common to other birdman representations, the figure on this plate has a curled proboscis, which is similar to those found on several shell gorgets from Missouri and long-nosed god maskettes. All rights held by the artist, Herb Roe © 2016.
Digital Illustration and description by Herb Roe
Table of Contents
| Title | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Message from the Editor | 3 | |
| Letters to the Editor | 4 | |
| Obituary: Howard W. Briggerman; Roy E. Whaley | 5 | |
| Mounds and Earthworks on the Public Highway Part Fifteen: The Eastern Florida Panhandle Lake Jackson Mounds and Letchworth-Love Mounds | Steven R. Cooper | 6 |
| A Remarkable Effigy Pipe from Georgia | Olan Moore | 9 |
| The Old Copper Culture in Eastern North America | E.J. Neiburger | 10 |
| An Extraordinary Cache Blade | John Jake Ilko, Jr. | 16 |
| Passing the Torch | Paul Herrick | 18 |
| Obituary: Rodney A. Price | 19 | |
| A Catlinite Hopewell Platform Pipe | Dr. Sandy B. Carter, Jr. | 20 |
| The “No Two Alike! and Quantity Limited!” Bonus Prize | Larry Cunningham | 24 |
| Following the Clues | John M. Selmer | 26 |
| The Lost City: A Nearly Forgotten Place | Thomas Theodore Welborn | 28 |
| The Three Musketeers | Edmund Butkus | 32 |
| Obituary: Terry Schultz | 34 | |
| Two Fine Jasper Blades from New England | William Moody | 35 |
| How Good of Archers Were Native Americans? Part One | Scott Chandler | 36 |
| Hunting History in Christian County, Illinois | Curtis R. Winans | 46 |
| An Awesome Day | Debbie Emley | 48 |
| The Historical Development and Use of Guns in Early North America | Ted Koelikamp | 49 |
| Membership Application / CSAJ Back Issues | 52 | |
| Officers and Societies | 53 | |
| Calendar of Events | 56 |
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