Click to enlarge	A superb Adena blocked-end tube pipe made from Ohio pipestone. The pipe measures 5 ½ inches in length and is finely made and highly polished. Both ends are shown above. The stem hole is 3/8th of an inch in diameter while the opposite hole is 7/8th of an inch in diameter. There are four rows of tally marks with eight per row. The pipe was ceremonially broken and the breaks were then ground smooth. It was found in Ashtabula County, Ohio. Collection of Billy Ford, Spencerville, Ohio
Click to enlarge	These two Lost Lake archaic points are both 2 ½ inches long. They were found in Kentucky, the one on the right being from Union County. The point on the left is notched in the center of the base. Both are highly serrated and beveled and both exhibit the high quality flaking and symmetry typical of this point style. Lost Lake points date to the Early Archaic, around 9000-6000 BP. Collection of Mike Thompson, Opelika, Alabama
Click to enlarge	Above are three fine Intrusive Mound picks. The pick at the far left was found in Preble County Ohio. It exhibits the presence of red ocre stains, is highly polished and made from a greenish gray diorite. It measures 9 ¾ inches in length. The center pick is from Washington County, Ohio and made from a dark black diorite. It is 10 ¼ inches in length. The pick on the right was found in Colbert County, Alabama. It is 11 ¼ inches in length and also made of a dark black diorite. Intrusive Mound picks date from approximately 650-950 AD, and are very rare. To view three examples together is extraordinary. Collection of Dr. Sandy Carter, Roswell, Georgia
Click to enlarge	Two Mississippian “Duck River” style ceremonial artifacts. Both are made of dover flint and were found in Stewart County, Tennessee. The claw effigy on the left is 6 ½ inches in length. The double barbed dagger on the right is 8 inches in length. The original Duck River cache was discovered in 1894 near the Link Farm Site in Humphrey’s County Tennessee and consisted of 46 flint objects, most made of dover flint, although some were of local cherts. There were also two stone idols found with them. It is thought today that this grouping was the contents of a temple, buried for safe keeping during an attack of some kind. The Duck River Cache is currently exhibited at the University of Knoxville in the McClung Museum. One of the stone idols, nicknamed Adam, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The whereabouts of the other idol are unknown. Collection of William Feldser, Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee
Click to enlarge	A magnificent and exceptionally fine “Duck River” style Mississippian sword. It was found by Shane Bilbro on May 9th, 2008 in Montgomery County Tennessee. It measures 9 inches in length and is 2 inches wide. The tip is still intact and it is made from high quality dover flint. Rick Marsh Collection, Indian Mound, Tennessee
Click to enlarge	The miniature 3/4 grooved raised ridge axe, pictured here in two perspectives, was found near Madisonville (Hiwassee College area) of Monroe County in east Tennessee. It is an extraordinarily well-proportioned polished specimen made of dark brown fine-grained hardstone. It exhibits no signs of damage or utilitarian usage on either the poll or bit surfaces. It is 3 ¾” long by 2-3/8” high. The exact purpose of use of miniature axes like this is unknown. Collection of Ron Harris, Hickory, North Carolina

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