Volume 65, Number 4, October 2018
On the Cover: These ancestral statues were found on the Sellars Farm site in Wilson County, Tennessee, in the 1930s. They are both masterpieces of a prehistoric stone artisan, and most likely were once placed side by side within a temple nclosure. They are both made from siltstone, with the male figure kneeling and the slightly smaller female figure seated. Both were found buried and uncovered during farming and exhibit minor plow damage. The male figure on the left has been proclaimed the “State Artifact” of Tennessee. He weighs 51 pounds and stands 18 ½ inches tall. The female weighs 40 ½ pounds and is 15 inches tall. Until just recently, the female figure was in the collection of John C. Waggoner Jr. of Carthage, Tennessee. However, the state of Tennessee has now acquired her and today both statues rest side by side at the McClung Museum on the campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Photograph by David H. Dye
Table of Contents
| Title | Author | Page(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Message from the Editor | Steven R. Cooper | 171 |
| The Founding of the Volunteer State Archaeological Society | Steven R. Cooper | 172–175 |
| Setting the Record Straight | Roy McKey | 176–177 |
| A Time Gone By – Two Memories | Steven R. Cooper | 178–181 |
| Four Mississippian Stone Statues from Sellars Farm State Archaeological Area, Wilson County, Tennessee | Robert V. Sharp; Kevin E. Smith | 182–185 |
| A Middle Tennessee Atlatl Weight | Todd Irvine | 186–187 |
| The Chucalissa Sinti Bottle | David H. Dye | 188–191 |
| An Arrowhead Shaped Pendant | Blake Gahagan | 191 |
| The Joseph Jones Monolithic Axe | Steven R. Cooper | 192–195 |
| Dover Swords | Richard Austin; Dick Austin | 196–203 |
| Tennessee Scalloped Triskele Gorgets | Kevin E. Smith | 204–207 |
| Our Lady of the Cumberland | Byron McDonald | 208 |
| A Sun Circles and Human Hands Surprise | Oakley Hitchcock | 209 |
| The Tennessee State Museum in the James K. Polk Building | Steven R. Cooper | 210–213 |
| A Long Journey Home | David Johnson | 214 |
| A Shaman’s Pottery Rattle from East Tennessee | Blake Gahagan | 215 |
| Several Types of Prehistoric Tennessee Pipes | Steve Hart | 216–228 |
| Being Chief Chris | Chris Morgan | 228 |
| Two Tennessee Birdstones | Blake Gahagan | 229–230 |
| Some Pointers on Chert Identification and Current Tennessee Research | Jerry Dickey | 231–233 |
| The Weatherly Monolithic Axe | Sandy B. Carter Jr. | 234–241 |
| The Blind Wolf Pipe | Steven R. Cooper | 242–243 |
| A Tally Notched Pebble | Blake Gahagan | 243 |
| A Hunk of Hay | Jerome Steffes | 244 |
| Found Together Twice | Jim Butler | 245 |
| The Hendrix Raptor Great Pipe | Tommy Bryden | 246–250 |
| Four Tennessee Style Discoidals | Sean Cotner; Steven R. Cooper | 251 |
| Exceptional East Tennessee Axes | Ron L. Harris | 252–259 |
| The Mortal Combat Theme of Hightower-Style Shell Gorgets | David H. Dye | 260–262 |
| Through the Years – A Journey of Discovery | Steve Langley | 263–267 |
| Finally in Color | Gregory L. Moore | 268 |
| The Wilson County Reel Bannerstone | Charlie Wagers | 269 |
| The Link Farm (Duck River) Cache: A Tennessee Treasure | David H. Dye | 270–273 |
| Sharpening Stones | Bob Reeves | 274–276 |
| My First Bannerstone | Jack Canaday Mitchell | 277 |
| Stunning Tennessee Flint | Steven R. Cooper | 278–279 |
| The Christmas Star | John Sisk | 280 |
| Early Female Effigies of the Middle Cumberland Region | Robert V. Sharp | 281–297 |
| The Yeaman Shell Gorgets from Smith County, Tennessee and a Discussion of “Hand Gorgets” | Byron McDonald; Kevin E. Smith | 298–301 |
| The Hardin County Celt Cache | Tommy Bryden | 302–303 |
| A Dallas Celt from Great Tellico, Monroe County, Tennessee | Blake Gahagan | 304 |
| Selected Books on Tennessee Archaeology | Richard Austin; Dick Austin | 305–307 |
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