Volume 70, Number 4, October 2022
On the Cover: These three exquisite butterfly banners represent the pinnacle of Late Archaic period artisanship. The top specimen was found near Yanney Cave in Christian County, Kentucky more than 150 years ago. It was originally collected by Edward Payne and is one of the best documented bannerstones of its type. It measures 3 1/8” in width and is made from a stunningly beautiful piece of red and cream colored quartzite. Beneath it at the center is a remarkable specimen found by Art Gerber in the 1960s at the Crib Mound site in Spencer County, Indiana on the Ohio River. While the material appears black (and it has been given the name “Black beauty”) it is actually dark green quartzite. The barrel has interesting grooves on one face. It measures 4 ¾” in width. At the bottom is a beautiful specimen made from a golden hued quartzite from Pike County, Missouri. It measures 3 ¾” inches in width. It was found by Kevin Brimmer on June 13, 1999 and acquired from him by Maury Meadows. It later resided in the Gary Cuckler collection and then went to the current owner.
Collection of Brandon Vanderver, Evansville, Indiana
Table of Contents
| Title | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Message from your Editor | 171 | |
| Two Artifacts from the E.J. Sims Collection | John Sisk | 172 |
| Late Paleo/Early Archaic Blades and Use Ware | Edmund Butkus | 174 |
| Snake Effigies | John M. Selmer | 175 |
| Engraved Crescent (Group) Bannerstones – A Rare Subtype | Richard Michael Gramly, Ph.D. | 178 |
| When Your Pockets Aren’t Big Enough | David Marolf | 182 |
| Back Home at Last | Stan Harris | 185 |
| A Boy’s Opportunity | Robert O’Dell | 186 |
| An Unusual Cache of Three Hohokam Axe Heads | Larry Cunningham | 187 |
| A “Gizzard Stone” Projectile Point from Martha’s Vineyard | William Moody | 188 |
| Four Exceptional Southern Gorgets from Georgia | Richard Reed | 190 |
| No I Did Not | Paul Herrick | 190 |
| Banner Days | Thomas T. Welbourn | 192 |
| Old Copper Bubbles | E.J. Neiburger | 194 |
| A Small but Interesting Hardaway Projectile Point | Peter G. Murphy and Alice J. Murphy | 197 |
| An Adena Waubessa/Belknap with Micro-Crystalline Inclusions | Michael Rogers | 199 |
| The Sutter Pipe – An Important Pipe Most Likely from Cahokia | Steven R. Cooper | 200 |
| Waiting to be Recovered | John Beasley | 203 |
| The Stanly Culture in the North Carolina Piedmont | Ron L. Harris | 204 |
| How Good of Outdoorsmen were Native Americans? Part One | Scott Chandler | 206 |
| A Revelation | Stephen R. Lenberger | 215 |
| Editorial – Reburying Our Past | Steven R. Cooper | 218 |
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