Volume 58, Number 2, April 2011
On the Cover: A portrayal of a Native American engaged in the crafting of the famous “Big Boy Pipe” statue. This artwork is part of the Mississippian Period display at The Museum of Native American History in Bentonville, Arkansas. The museum has a full size cast of the statue on display that is on loan from the University of Arkansas. This portrayal is known as “The Resting Warrior” and currently is thought to be the mythical figure “Morning Star”. It is considered to be one of the great masterpieces of prehistoric North American craftsmanship and was discovered in the chamber at Spiro Mound in 1935. Originally created as a statue, it was later drilled and made into a pipe for ritual smoking. On the right is a Caddo Keno Trailed style pottery vessel who incised artwork incorporates a face into its design. Artwork by Kelly Green
Table of Contents
| Title | Author | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Message from your Editor | Steven R. Cooper | 59 |
| Message from your President | Darrel Wilson | 59 |
| Two Mysterious Objects from Prehistoric Florida | — | 60 |
| A Stone Duck Head from Minnesota? | — | 61 |
| A Gear Shaped Gorget from Georgia | — | 61 |
| Donating to your Society, the Central States (CSASI) | Jeff Anderson and Steven R. Cooper | 62 |
| Letters to the Editor | Bob Reams, Steve Boles and Dennis J. Moore | 63 |
| Darrell Lee Cross 1949–2010 | Jeff Anderson | 63 |
| A Rare Trophy Axe From Northwest Missouri and a Red Celt From Northeast Kansas | David A. Easterla | 64 |
| Three Tales of Collecting! | Will Tomlinson | 65–67 |
| Cotton Stone Artifacts | Bob Reeves | 68–69 |
| Some New Thoughts on Dalton Points | Matt Rowe | 70–72 |
| An Interesting Bannerstone and Important Early Collection, both from North Carolina | Ron L. Harris | 73–75 |
| The First Metal Users | E.J. Neiburger | 76–80 |
| A Neosho Knife from the South Platte River | Tom Westfall | 81 |
| From Arrowheads to Dinosaurs | Dwight New | 82 |
| Two Discoidals – Same Maker? | Steven R. Cooper | 83–85 |
| Extraordinary Fluted Points of the Tennessee Valley Region (Book Review) | Review by Steven R. Cooper | 86 |
| Three Prehistoric Tools from Ontario | Michael C. Moore | 87–89 |
| Wasted Axes: An Interesting Artifact of Decatur Man | Robert Beasley | 90 |
| Found on a Gravel Bar: The Ramsey Branch Blade | Edward Austin | 91–92 |
| The Authenticators, Problem or Solution? | John F. Berner | 93–95 |
| Three Bone Artifacts from Arkansas | Robert Woolard | 96 |
| Kirk Points of the Early-Archaic Southeast: Did the Kirk People Use Daggers? | Peter G. Murphy and Alice J. Murphy | 97–98 |
| Personally Found Bannerstones in Daviess County, Indiana: Remembering an Artifact Hunt in 1976 | Don Clements | 99–100 |
| How Rare is it? | Jeffrey C. Wharton | 101 |
| An Indian Relic? | V. Gary Henry | 102 |
| A New Look at the Old Copper Bannerstone Axe: An unusual specimen that appears to be cast | E.J. Neiburger | 103–105 |
| Clues to the Past | Steven R. Cooper | 106–107 |
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