Central States Archaeological Journal April 2018

Volume 65, Number 2, April 2018

On the Cover: The Wilbanks monolithic axe was found after heavy rains in the spring of 1917 by James Lawson on the banks of the Etowah River near Ball Ground in Cherokee County, Georgia. The axe suffered damage at the hands of the Lawson children who utilized it as a projectile to knock apples off of a tree. It was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution on February 22, 1922, which then restored it. It is the only known monolithic axe with engraving, and this is the first time it has been published in true color. It measures 11 1/8 inches in length and is made from a highly polished greenstone. Collection of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

Table of Contents

Title	Author	Page(s)
Message from the Editor	Steven R. Cooper	59
Letters to the Editor	David J. Vohlken; Jim Roberson; Steve Hart; Carl Wagle; George Jachim	60
The Barbara L. Eicher Vase Pipe	Jeff Pyle	61
Remembering Col. Ben Wesley Thompson 1923–2017	Steven R. Cooper	62–65
Mortars and Pestles of the Southeastern States	Bob Reeves	66–69
X-Rays, Archaeology and the Chopsticks of Death	E. J. Neiburger	70–74
Analysis of an Iowa Trophy-Like Axe	Alfred D. Savage	75
Patina: A Visual Reference Guide to Prehistoric Copper Use in the Western Great Lakes Region (Review)	—	76
David Leigh Root 1950–2018	—	76
Shell Ornaments of the Southern Appalachian Mississippians	Ron L. Harris	77–79
Two Rare Contact Period Artifacts from Martha’s Vineyard	Bill Moody	80–81
The Wilbanks Site and the Wilbanks Farm, Cherokee County, Georgia	Sandy B. Carter	82–85
The Rabbit’s Foot – Bad or Good Luck?	Lee Gregory	86–87
Buried in Wood	Peter G. Murphy; Alice J. Murphy	87–88
When Your Find Really Is Just a Rock	Amy A. Germuth	89
A Cameo Style Quapaw Bottle from the Don Dickson Collection	Ray Fraser	90–91
Arlo’s Creek	David Marolf	92–93
The Fox Site: A Central Ohio Valley Archaic Site in Southeast Indiana	Daniel Lawson	93–96
Clues to the Past	Steven R. Cooper	97
The Full Grooved Axe of the Early Archaic Period in Southeast Missouri	Craig Hale	98–99
Chert: A Foundation for Culture	Jason Pentrail; James Waldo	100–101
Cache or Trash	Jeff Lee	101–102
The Mica Arrowpoint: A Colorado Oddity	Tom Westfall	103
The Haywoods and Days of Yore	V. Gary Henry	104–105
Archaeology and Artifacts: The Tattooed Earth Mother Effigy Bottle	David H. Dye	106–107

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