Central States Archaeological Journal July, 2026

ON THE COVER:

This Ashtabula spear is made of gray Coshoctan and was found in Kosciusko County, Indiana. It measures 6 1⁄2” long x 3 1⁄2” wide. This
is considered to be the largest and best Ashtabula in existence. It was found in 1905 by Ed Hoagland 4 miles east of Warsaw, Indiana.
Fred Bartol bought it in 1937. Pictured previously in Who’s Who in Indian Relics Volume #1 on page 10, in Who’s Who in Indian Relics
Volume #2 on page page 256 and in The Redskin, Volume 1, #2, October 1966 on page 55.
Collection of Jeff and Beth Pyle, North Manchester, Indiana

 

Title Author Page
Message from the Editor 115
The Founding and Early Years of the Indiana Archaeological Society Steve Hart 116
Various Colorful Hardstone Bannerstones 120
Beautiful Green and Black Quartz Bannerstones 121
Slate Bannerstones and Large Points 122
Fate is the Hunter – Ten Years in the Making David L. Greives 124
Fine Indiana Relics Part One 128
Early Archaic Pine Tree Points from Swan’s Landing 134
Fine Indiana Relics Part Two 136
Slate from the Cameron Parks Collection 142
A Huge Hopewell Cache Blade 143
Indiana Wing or Bowtie Bannerstone Stages David Moore 144
A Sunday Walk – A Lifetime Find Brian Wagner 145
An Exceptional Fulton Turkeytail 146
Fine Indiana Relics Part Three 147
A Rare Effigy Bear Pipe from Indiana James Tharp 153
A Huge Humped Bannerstone 154
The Oscar Byall Man Effigy Pipe Steve Hart 155
Fine Indiana Relics Part Four 156
Jim Felke – A Tribute 163
What is lost is found … and lost again … and found again! David Moore 164
Post-glacial Indiana – Mastodons and Mammoths James Tharp 166
Slate Specimens from the Dale and Sandy Hiatt Collection 173
Pictured in “Birdstones of the North American Indian” 173
Black, White and Gray Quartz Bannerstones 174
Fine Indiana Relics Part Five 175
A Turkey-Tail Cache from Greene County, Indiana Bian Blinn 189
The Fletcher Williams Fluted Point Curtis H. Tomak 190
An Exceptionally Engraved Mississippian Disc Pipe Found in Jasper County, Indiana Steven R. Cooper 192
Slate Specimens from the Steve Ward Collection Pictured in “Birdstones of the North American Indian” 194
They Are Still Out There! Dr. Jeff Pyle 195
Fine Indiana Relics Part Six 196
Three from a Private Collection 211
A Monolithic Axe from Posey County, Indiana Curtis H. Tomak 212
Fine Indiana Relics Part Seven 214
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