Volume 68, Number 3, July 2021
On the Cover: The cover photograph features a remarkable shell gorget uncovered in Craig Mound at the Spiro site in Le Flore County, Oklahoma. It has been made utilizing a cameo technique, with the artwork raised above the surface of the gorget. The iconography features four quadrants, utilizing a face in each as well as one in the center. The gorget measures 5 ½” in width and is classified as a McGimsey style in Shell Gorgets – Styles of the Late Prehistoric and Protohistoric Southeast by Jeffrey Brain and Philip Phillips. Today, it is part of the collection of the Museum of the American Indian, and it is featured in the new exhibit, “Spiro and the Art of the Mississippian World,” which will be at the Birmingham Museum of Art from October 9, 2021 – February 6, 2022.
Photograph by Steven R. Cooper
Table of Contents
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Message from the Editor | Steven R. Cooper | 131 |
| In the Beginning | Bernard F. Fritz | 132 |
| Obituary: William Leroy “Bill” Breidinger 1947–2021 | — | 132 |
| Tracing an Artifact’s History: The Story of a Channeled Gouge from Massachusetts: Part 2 | Bill Moody | 133–134 |
| Cahokia’s Man-Made Gems | Dean Crnkovich | 135–136 |
| A Split Bear Tooth Effigy Pendant | John M. Selmer | 137 |
| My Find of a Lifetime | Jeff Mayo | 138–139 |
| Birth of a “Bow-Neck” | Jack Wade | 140 |
| The Artifact that Wasn’t | E.J. Neiburger | 141 |
| Stone “Axehead Effigy” Smoking Pipe | Lawrence Cunningham | 142 |
| Update on a Poll-grooved Axe | Steven R. Cooper | 143 |
| The Lowly Scraper – Some Thoughts | Donald L. Foster | 144–145 |
| Indian Root Cellars? | Christopher M. Cramer | 145 |
| Down for the Count, but Not Out | Neal Schwarz | 146 |
| A Kootenai War Club | R. Stephen Irwin | 147–148 |
| Rogues Gallery: In the Shadow of Devils Tower, Wyoming | Peter G. Murphy & Alice J. Murphy | 148–150 |
| Some Thoughts about the Origins of the Ground Celt and the Demise of Serrated Knives | Robert Moyer | 150–153 |
| “Claw” Scepters | Sandy B. Carter Jr. | 154–157 |
| The Medford New Jersey Cuesta Quartzite Cache | Wayne H. Shelby | 158–160 |
| The Ellsworth Cowels Red Bird | Tim Tuttle | 160–161 |
| The Guilford Culture in the Carolinas and Virginia Piedmont Region | Ron L. Harris | 162–165 |
| Federal Laws and State Registry Programs in Public Archaeology: A Review Essay | Gary S. Foster | 166–168 |
| The Battle of Iowaville: An Historical Account from 1873 | David James | 169–171 |
| Nicotine Use at the Cherry Valley Site (3CS40), a Transitional Mississippian Period Native American Mortuary Site | Julie Morrow & Megan Steed | 172–174 |
| My Find of a Lifetime | Lloyd Freeman | 175 |
| A Wild Goose Chase | David Marolf | 176 |
| When Sleeping Dogs Don’t Lie: Uncovering Aboriginal Attitudes Towards the Canine | Scott Chandler | 177–179 |
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