Vol.70, No. 4, October 2023
On the Cover Known as “The Smithsonian Birdstone” this exceptional artifact is considered the finest of its type. It was found in Vernon County,
Wisconsin. Collection of the Gary Cuckler Family, Monticello, Iowa.
Table of Contents
| Title | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Message from your Editor | 187 | |
| The Badger State Archaeological Society…the Early Years | Yvonne Wilson | 188 |
| Copper Harpoons | 189 | |
| The Moorehead Wing | Terry Stumpf | 191 |
| Two Family Collections | David Mosher | 192 |
| Wisconsin, Joseph Jourdain, and His Pipe Tomahawks | Jake John Ilko, Jr. | 194 |
| Hixton from Oneida County | Ron and Toni Meyer | 196 |
| Field Finds | Dale Reitmeyer | 197 |
| The New London Cache of Hixton Blades | Warren Lathom | 198 |
| Twelve Copper Artifacts Recently Dated Through the C-14 Method (Radio Carbon-14 Dating) from Northern Wisconsin | Bill Reardon | 200 |
| Lela Armstrong’s Wisconsin Tube Pipe | Steve Hart | 202 |
| A Fine Finish to a Spring Walk | Mark R. Hale | 205 |
| Three Paleo Points from Fond du Lac County | Clint Odekirk | 206 |
| The Greenfield Man Mound | Ed Benck | 208 |
| Two Fine Wisconsin Points | Kevin Leszcynski | 210 |
| Stephens/Ringeisen Anchor Pendant | John M. Selmer | 211 |
| The Reigh Site – 47WN1 | David Christensen | 212 |
| The E.K. Petrie Meetings and Guest Log | Terry Stumpf | 216 |
| Don’t Ignore Your Dreams | David Skrupky | 220 |
| A Taste of Wisconsin | Jeff Steiner | 222 |
| Collecting: The Next Generation | David Hunzicker | 223 |
| An Old Farm Collection | Jeff and Jim Steiner | 224 |
| A Unique Copper Bannerstone in the Milwaukee Public Museum | Terry W. McGuire | 226 |
| Call Me “Lucky” | Dan Braker | 228 |
| Mystery Fish | Gene Hynek | 230 |
| Exploring the Folsom/Midland Record of Wisconsin | David A. Hunzicker and Thomas J. Loebel | 230 |
| Dreams Do Come True | Thomas Amble | 230 |
| Rare Clovis Assemblage | Thomas Amble | 240 |
| Geometric Fluted Axe | Kevin Leszcynski | 241 |
| The Wisconsin “FAB 5” Makes “THE FINAL 4”! | Oliver T. Skrivanie | 242 |
| Effigy Mounds in Wisconsin: A Late Woodland Phenomenon | Robert A. Birmingham | 247 |
| Indigenous Art of Wisconsin Before European Contact | Robert “Ernie” Boszhardt and Danielle M. Benden | 254 |
| Snakes | Doug Miller | 281 |
| The Skare Site: Northeastern Reaches of the Folsom/Midland Culture | John Knoot | 282 |
| Wisconsin Butterfly Bannerstone | Steve Hart | 288 |
| Solving the Mystery of a Hopewell Monitor Pipe from Waupaca County Wisconsin | Steven R. Cooper | 291 |
| Two Notable Bannerstones from Wisconsin | Terry W. McGuire | 298 |
| The Fabulous Birdstone from Dane County and a Notable Birdstone from Ozaukee County | Judge James R. Beer | 303 |
| A Perfect 10 in My World | Philippe Coquard | 305 |
| It Might Be an Arrowhead | David Kriesel | 306 |
| Two that Showed Up in Tennessee | Hoyt Strandberg | 307 |
| New Light for an Old Stone | Paul Schanen | 310 |
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