Volume 55, Number 4, October 2008
On the Cover: Head pots are some of the most interesting vessels created by Mississippian peoples. There has been much debate over what and whom the portraits represent. There are some who believe they are death portraits of warrior chiefs. Others think these pots represent a severed trophy head. The current thinking is that the vessels represent idealized images of individuals involved in some sort of ritual personification of mythical beings. Most have eyes that are “blind” and a mouth that appears to be drawn open as in death, with the lips pulled back and the teeth showing. Some have elaborate tattoos. The vessel pictured is considered to be of the “Pecan Point” style. This style most closely resembles a real human head in form rather than having a vessel shape. The pot pictured was found at the Big Eddy Site in St. Francis County, Arkansas (3SF9) by Don “Possum” Hicks of Tull, Arkansas in the Spring of 1981.collection of David Bogle and currently on display at the Museum of Native American Artifacts in Bentonville, Arkansas
Table of Contents
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Message From Your Editor | Steven R. Cooper | 171 |
| Introduction to the 50th Arkansas Anniversary Issue | Jim Cherry | 172 |
| The Founding of the Arkansas Society | — | 173 |
| The Prehistoric Peoples of Arkansas | Steven R. Cooper | 174–177 |
| Some Observations on Caddoan Archeology in Arkansas | Rick Steed | 178–184 |
| The Novaculite Gary Projectile Point from Hot Springs | John F. Berner | 185–187 |
| Chunkee Player Shell Gorgets | Kent C. Westbrook | 188–197 |
| A Rare Effigy Vessel from Poinsett County | — | 198 |
| A Dancing Caddo Woodpecker Plate | — | 199 |
| The Stone Corn Goddess Pipe from Desha County | Jim Cherry | 200–203 |
| Museum of Native American Artifacts | Steven R. Cooper | 204–213 |
| Entwined Serpents | Jim Cherry | 214 |
| A Pig Effigy Vessel from the Magness Site | — | 215–217 |
| A Very Remarkable Cache of Mississippian Spades | Jim Cherry | 218 |
| A Walls Engraved Bottle | Ron Harris | 219 |
| The Best of the Best | Kent C. Westbrook | 220–221 |
| The Foster Style Earspool | Steven R. Cooper | 222–223 |
| Patched Pots | Jim Cherry | 224–226 |
| The Spider Gorget from the Parkin Site | — | 227 |
| Mineral Springs Knives | — | 228–229 |
| A Most Unusual Arkansas Artifact | Jim Cherry | 230 |
| An Explicit Human Effigy Vessel from the Twist Place | — | 231 |
| A Disc Pipe from the Chickasawba Village Site in Mississippi County, Arkansas | — | 232 |
| A Mississippian Frog or Two | — | 233 |
| The Robert Bell Locksburg Site Blade | — | 234 |
| Two Quapaw Teapots | — | 235 |
| Full Bodied Fulton Aspect Caddo Effigy Vessels | Steven R. Cooper | 236–241 |
| The Yell County Stone Frog Effigy Pipe | — | 242 |
| The Edward W. Payne Trophy Head Vessel | — | 243 |
| The Thilbault Spud | Kent C. Westbrook | 244–247 |
| A Human Effigy from the Magness Site | John F. Berner | 248–249 |
| The Way Things Used To Be | Steven R. Cooper | 250–255 |
| The Pike County Cache – A History Detectives Saga | Charlie Wagers | 256–259 |
| Buffalo Style Shell Mask Gorgets from Arkansas | — | 260 |
| A Caddo Turtle Shell Gorget from Clark County, Arkansas | — | 261 |
| A Snyders Obsidian Point | Jim Cherry | 262–265 |
| An Amazingly Large Ouachita Blade | — | 266 |
| Two Falcon Pipes from Crenshaw Mound | — | 267–268 |
| A Great Cone | Kent C. Westbrook | 269 |
| Ceremonial Figurines on Pottery Bottles | Jim Cherry | 270–272 |
| Book Reviews | — | 273–275 |
| Certain Caddo Sites in Arkansas – M.R. Harrington | — | 273 |
| Ancient Indian Pottery of the Mississippi River Valley / The Quapaw and Their Pottery – Roy Hathcock | — | 273 |
| Arkansas Archaeology: Essays in Honor of Dan and Phyllis Morse – Mainfort & Jeter | — | 273 |
| Classics in Southeastern Archaeology – Stephen Williams | — | 274 |
| Legacy in Clay: Prehistoric Ceramic Art of Arkansas – Kent C. Westbrook | — | 274 |
| Gifts of the Great River – John H. House | — | 274–275 |
| The Art of the Ancient Caddo – Bonds & Efird | — | 275 |
| The Redskin Vol. XIV No. 4 – Mississippian Culture Ceramics | — | 275 |
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