Volume 59, Number 4, October 2012
On the Cover: Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley (1861-1926). His collection remains mostly intact today, and was one of the best ever assembled in the Mid-West at the Turn-of-the-Century. He is shown in the photograph with several incredible pottery vessels. For the full story, see page 174 in this issue. This photo originally appeared on page 405 of Who’s Who In Indian Relics Volume 4.
Table of Contents
| Title | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Message from your Editor | Steven R. Cooper | 171 |
| Readers Share Some Finds | — | 172 |
| Letters to the Editor | Jim Cherry, Merrill Kuske, Gary Brown, Jim Cox, Bruce Butts, Frank Robison and Bob Reams | 173 |
| Dr. Henry Milton Whelpley and his Phenomenal Turn-of-the-Century Collection | Steven R. Cooper | 174–179 |
| The Polly Blowout | Tom Westfall | 180–181 |
| An Unusual Patination on a Savannah River Point | — | 181 |
| Minutes of the Collinsville Business Meeting of the C.S.A.S.I. – March 17, 2012 | Hugh McKenzie | 182 |
| A Unique Cache Find in the North Carolina Foothills | Ron Harris | 183–185 |
| Overlooked Artifacts – Net Weights | Bob Reeves | 186–188 |
| A Decorated Catlinite Pipe from Mobridge, South Dakota | Ray Fraser | 189 |
| A Seldom-Found Type of Projectile Point from North Carolina’s Piedmont | Peter G. Murphy and Alice G. Murphy | 190–191 |
| Book Review – Southern Raised Ridge Axes by Rodney Peck | — | 191 |
| The Source of Old Copper “Worm Tracks” | E.J. Neiburger | 192–194 |
| Book Review – Official Overstreet Identification and Price Guide to Indian Arrowheads, Twelfth Edition by Robert M. Overstreet | — | 195 |
| An Amazing Tennessee Benton Spearpoint Shown Full Size | — | 196–197 |
| A Mineralized Deer Antler Tine Spear Point and a Mineralized Bison Bone Gouge from Southwestern Iowa | David A. Easterla | 198–199 |
| The Airplane Dalton (A New Way to Hunt Arrowheads) | Herman Shelley | 200 |
| Swift Creek Complicated Stamped Ceramics | Tim Brawner | 201–202 |
| Mission Impossible | David Wuester and Truett Garner | 203–204 |
| The Kerrville Knife – Unusual Examples Show Type Diversity | Malcolm T. McLaughlin | 205 |
| Artifact Huntin’ Stories | Clarence G. Mason | 206 |
| Big Blue | C.J. O’Neill | 207–208 |
| The Fortune Cookie Folsoms | Kenny Resser | 209–210 |
| A Large Adena Type Celt from Giles County, Virginia | Rodney M. Peck | 211–212 |
| A Unique Dalton Period Knife | Andy Havens | 213 |
| Trade Axes As Weapons | Mark W. Miller | 214–216 |
| Clues to the Past | Steven R. Cooper | 217–219 |
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