Central States Archaeological Journal April 2017

Volume 64, number 2, April 2017

On the Cover: Raptor talon effigy bifaces excavated from house floor, Link Farm site (40HS6) (A.D. 1300-1400), Humphreys County, Tennessee. Courtesy of the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Tennessee. These are part of a new column in this publication, “Archaeology and Artifacts” by Dr. David H. Dye, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Memphis. Photography by David H. Dye

Table of Contents

Title	Author	Page(s)
Message from the Editor	Steven R. Cooper	75
Archaeology in Early America: The Big Mound	—	76
The Dalton Hole	Rick Steed	77–78
Seven Superb Axes	David A. Easterla	79–81
Hopewell Copper	E. J. Neiburger	82–86
Archaeology in Early America: Wonders of the Lowlands, Part One	L. J. Du Pré	87–89
Bifurcated Points	Ted Koelikamp	90–91
Spear Weights or Atlatl Weights?	David J. Vohlken	92
The 1730 Siege of the Fox Fort, McLean County, Illinois	Ray Fraser	93–95
An Owl Effigy Bottle	James Maus	95–96
A Kirk Point Gone Awry	Peter G. Murphy; Alice J. Murphy	97
A Bar of Soap	David Marolf	98
The Root Ball Graham Cave	David Marolf	98–99
The Ronald K. Knight Relic Room, Signal Mountain, Tennessee	—	100–101
The “Family Tree” Collection	Bill Moody	102–103
Miniature Stone Axes	Ron L. Harris	104–105
A Unique Bannerstone – The Story of a Family Heirloom	Mark Retz; Steven R. Cooper	106–107
Plummets from the Lower Illinois River Valley, New Canton, Pike Co., Illinois	Korhan B. Raif	108–109
A Case for Native American Altered Jesuit Rings	Jake Ilko Jr.	109–111
Paleo/Archaic Points from Western North Carolina	V. Gary Henry	112
Benton and Elk River/Benton Blades Far from Home	Edmund Butkus	113–114
The Lost City of the Monkey God (Review)	—	114
Olander J. “Jack” Barrett, Jr. 1923–2016	King Ross	114
I’ll Find an Axe and Be Right Back	Paul Herrick	115–116
The Pipe	Scott Sprague; Steven R. Cooper	116–117
Clues to the Past	Steven R. Cooper	118–121
Archaeology and Artifacts: Mississippian Ritual Weaponry	David H. Dye	122–123

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