Central States Archaeological Journal October 2026

Central States Archaeological Journal Volume 73, Number 4, April 2026

On the Cover: The Rogan plate from Etowah’s Mound C is an outstanding example of Mississippian figurative art, displaying remarkable artistry in repoussé copperwork.

Table of Contents

Title	Author	Page
The Founding and Early Years of the Peach State Archaeological Society	J. Steven Beasley	228
Artifacts and Peanuts	Ed Schwartz	230
Grandpa’s Pipe – Looking at the Clues Twenty Years Later	John Booth	232
Circle Roller Discoidals	Bruce Butts	234
A Perforated Georgia Discoidal	Don Nix	236
My Spectacular Surface Find	Jim Poole	238
My Georgia Collecting Adventure	King Ross	241
Etowah’s Rogan Plates	David H. Dye	242
Right Place at the Right Time	Don Nix	248
Two Tube Pipes from Lake Lanier, Georgia	Olan Moore	250
The Lone Pine Site, Brier Creek, Burke County, Georgia	Michael D. Owens	252
The Etowah Mounds Complex	Dr. Sandy B. Carter, Jr.	258
The Human Head Copper Covered Rattler	Steven R. Cooper	265
The Akins Discoidal from Union County, Georgia	J. Steven Beasley	266
Three Woodland Period Biconical Tube Pipes	—	267
Experimental Archaeology	Trent Clayton	268
The Long Blades	Steven R. Cooper	270
Two Beaver Lakes	Ronnie Chase	273
Looking at Artifacts Through the Lens of the Story	Keith Bailey	274
Middle to Late Archaic Tools Made from the Deer Metacarpal II & IV	Robert Beasley	278
A Selection of Extraordinary Artifacts from Etowah	—	280
Two Artifacts from the Earnest Farm Site	Steven R. Cooper	290
A Benton Bannerstone from Burke County, Georgia	Todd Walterspaugh	291
Building and Managing an Archaeological Society Website	Lloyd E. Schroder	292
Small Exceptional Georgia Pipes	Lynn Mills	295
Georgia’s Leake Mound Complex	Dr. Sandy B. Carter, Jr.	296
Clovis Man in Houston County, Georgia	Robert Beasley	300
The Savannah River Point – “Stand Back and Take a Closer Look”	Dr. James R. Maudsley	302
Jerry Hendrix’s Bolen Bevel, Lost Lake and Kirk Points	J. Steven Beasley	306
A Dallas Culture Blade and Points from Floyd County, Georgia	Steven R. Cooper	307
The History behind Ocmulgee National Monument	J. Steven Beasley	308
The Mississippian Etowah Indian Mounds: A Window into Southeastern Prehistory	Thomas Forman	316
The Mysterious Kolomoki Mounds	Steven R. Cooper	320
An Enigmatic Pipe Supposedly from Kolomoki Mounds	Steven R. Cooper	324
Seasonal Utilization of Nyssa Aquatica Fruit in Central Georgia	Matthew Adcock	328
The River People Murals in Statesboro	Brent W. Tharp, Ph.D.	332
The Etowah Statues	Steven R. Cooper	336
Finds from My Hunting Adventures	Deborah Lang	340
Scarface	Bruce Butts	342
Bannerstones from Hayes Hill 9LS436	Matthew Adcock	344
More than Meets the Eye	Tammy Strange	346
Bolen Hill	J. Steven Beasley	347
The Difference in Provenience and Provenance and Their Importance in Collecting	Don Nix	348
The Battle of Brier Creek – A Revolutionary War Battlefield	Debbie Emley	354

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