Volume 72, Number 2, April 2005
On the Cover: This is a drawing by French architect Alexandre de Batz (1685-1759) of the building that once sat atop Mound C at the Grand Village of the Natchez. This wooden structure, known as the Sun Temple, held an eternal flame that burned day and night continuously. There were three bird sculptures on the roof. The interior also held a charnel house for the remains of the Natchez elite. The Grand Village was a political and religious center, and had just a small number of buildings. After over 40 years of peace, conflict occurred, with the Natchez killing over 200 French settlers at nearby Fort Rosalie and taking as prisoner many more. The French retaliated, and along with other tribes, attacked and defeated the Natchez. In 1731, those who were not killed in battle or fled, were sold into slavery and sent to the Caribbean. Below is Mound C today. For more on this and other prehistoric sites in Mississippi.
Drawing – Alexandre de Batz (1685-1759). Photograph – Steven R. Cooper
Table of Content
| Title | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Message from your Editor | 59 | |
| Mounds and Earthworks on the Public Highway Part Twenty: Mississippi | Steven R. Cooper | 60 |
| Collectors are Essential to Archaeology | Dr. E.J. Neiburger | 66 |
| Red Ocher in Archaeological Contexts | Dr. Sandy B. Carter, Jr. | 68 |
| Water-Edge Archaeology – A Water Edge Artifact | Dr. Alfred D. Savage | 71 |
| An Amazing Find from the 1980’s | Paul Herrick | 72 |
| The Avery Hardin | Anthony Havens | 73 |
| Water’s Edge and Cornfields | Mark R. Hale | 74 |
| Alaska – Ancient Past | Nick Speer | 75 |
| Anciently Salvaged Gorget From Tennessee | John M. Selmer | 77 |
| Geographical Place Names and North American Archaeology | Gary S. Foster, Ph.D. | 78 |
| An Appalachian Style 4/4 Raised-Ridge “Barbed” Trophy Axe | Ron L. Harris | 80 |
| Huber Fluted Point Evaluation | Nils E. Nilsson | 81 |
| The “Lone Woman” Pipe – A Rare Artifact of the Nicoleños People | Steven R. Cooper | 84 |
| Prehistoric Indian Artifacts from the City of Chicago | Edmund A. Butkus | 87 |
| The Koshkonong Folsom | Dave Hunzicker | 90 |
| Crescent Archaic Blades | Leroy Irons | 91 |
| Book Review: Walls Engraved Pottery – Organization and Analysis of a Corpus of Mississippian Engraved Pottery | 92 | |
| Knobbed and Grooved Gouges and Adzes of the Northeast | William E. Moody | 93 |
| A Unique Gray Quartziferous Effigy Face Pipe (Historic?) from Northwest Missouri | Dr. David A. Easterla, Ph.D. | 95 |
| Move When the Wind Blows, Hunting When the Earth Had Four Corners – Part One | Scott Chandler | 97 |
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