Volume 71, Number 3, July 2024
On the Cover: The sun shines down on the large platform mound in the distance. It was originally at the center of a large Mississippian site just outside of Evansville, Indiana. today known as Angel Mounds. This mound remains as one of the largest prehistoric structures in the United States, with a base of 166’ x 335’ and a volume of 67,785 cubic yards. It served as the residence of high status individuals who ruled over this metropolis from AD 1100-1450.
Table of Contents
| Title | Author | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Message from the Editor | 115 | |
| Letters to the Editor | 116 | |
| Mounds and Earthworks on the Public Highway Part Seventeen: Angel Mounds State Historic Site | Steven R. Cooper | 117 |
| An Unusual Illinois Late Woodland Pipe | Jacob Waymire | 122 |
| Some “Exotic” Lithics on Martha’s Vineyard | William Moody | 124 |
| An Unfinished Bannerstone from Wayne County, Illinois | Derek Mays | 126 |
| I Discovered a Tube Bannerstone! | Chad Hosel | 127 |
| Found on the Surface | Joe Lay | 128 |
| Three Remarkable Pipes | Ken Woods | 129 |
| Kershaw County, South Carolina Deer Bone Crested Bird Effigies | Dr. Sandy Carter | 130 |
| My Finds in South Carolina | Savannah Johnson | 133 |
| October 2014 – A Special Month | Herman Shelley | 134 |
| A Forged Iron Decorated Lance Spearhead | Larry Cunningham | 135 |
| An Aberdeen Style Mississippi Type Axe | James R. Beer | 136 |
| A Wonderful Gift | Jimmy Boswell | 137 |
| The Wonders of Mother Nature | Dr. David A. Easterla, Ph.D. | 138 |
| Palmer Projectile Points from the North Carolina Piedmont Region | Ron L. Harris | 140 |
| What a Tale This Could Tell | Nick Speer | 143 |
| The Flight of a Dove | Tristen Arnold | 144 |
| Climate Change and a New Archaeology | Gary S. Foster, Ph.D. | 146 |
| How Good of Archers Were Native Americans? Part Three | Scott Chandler | 148 |
| Are Prehistoric Drills Really Just Drills? | Dave Miller | 158 |
| Five Years, One-Quarter Mile, Luck and Persistence | Jeffery Harris | 159 |
| Best Garden Ever | Don D. Guy | 160 |
| Cope, the Indian Artifact Collector Dog of Haywood County, North Carolina | V. Gary Henry | 162 |
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