Central States Archaeological Journal April 1998

Volume 45, Number 2, April 1998

On The Cover: Gorget found in Morgan County, Alabama, by J.B. Ratliff. It was passed to his son Edward Ratliff and is now in the collection of Stroud. The gorget is 4½ inches long and 2⅛ inches wide, made from polished red stone. It has 3 holes drilled from both sides, and a fourth hole partially started. The gorget was featured in Sun Circles and Human Hands, 1957. It was chosen by the Rebel State Archaeological Society of Alabama for this issue’s cover.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title	Author	Page(s)
On the Surface	John T. Crowley	54–55
Avocational Archaeology: The Obvious	Carl M. Wright	56–57
I Hope This Is Not a Trend	Dale E. Roberts	58–59
A Rare Kansas Find: An Engraved Bone Pin	Daniel Fox	60–61
Man’s Best Friend and Field Competition	James Yelton	62–63
The Road to Truxton	Bob Rampani	64–66
A Flared Hoe and Celt from the Lawrence Primus Site, Madison County, Illinois	Ray Fraser	67–68
My Odd Discoveries	Michelle Patterson	69–70
An Awakening	Peter Graetz	71–72
Michigan Annual Achievement Award	George Jachim	73
The Collection	Darrel Largen	74–75
The Native Instinct Cache	Bryan K. Florence	76–79
Is Right Left?	Tony Clinton	80
Life with Darrell: Those Dog Days	Jeff Anderson	81–82
My First Find	Doug Anderson	83–85
The Mound Bottom Site in Cheatham County, Tennessee: An Infrared Overview, Circa 1988	Jim S. Jenkins Jr.	86–90
Keys to the Kingdom	Bob Lee	91
The Charles Moore Cumberland	Charles E. Moore	92–93
The “Atlantic” Birdstone — Eastern North Carolina	Rodney M. Peck	94–96
All by Myself	Robert Randall Jr.	97
Copena Culture	Bruce Butts	98
Doing It Right	Clay Melancom	99
Book Review	—	101
In Search of the Wild Indian: Photographs and Life Works by Carl and Grace Moon	Reviewed by Alan Banks	101
Points & Barbs	Gregory Perino	102–103

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