Click to enlarge	This tripodal Caddo vessel is finely engraved in such a way that the designs are incorporated into the legs of the vessel. An almost phallicform foot completes the leg. Finished in a glossy brown lustrous polish, the design stands out against the background of this unique pottery form. Collection of James “Joe” Kinker, Hermann, Missouri.
Click to enlarge	This Calf Creek projectile measures 2 5/8” in length, 1 5/8 inches in width and is made of Burlington chert. It was found in Montgomery County, Missouri, and formerly in the Joe Mortensen collection. Collection of Tom Wyatt, Wamego, Kansas
Click to enlarge	A superbly fashioned Saddleform archaic bannerstone of green quartzite with whitish stripes was found by John Brown at Yellow Bank, Breckenridge County, Kentucky, on a bank of the Ohio River. It measures 2 7/8 by 2 1/8 inches. Collection of Richard Burnett, Shelbyville, Kentucky
Click to enlarge	This Adena Expanded gorget is a Type I style and measures 6 1/8 inches in length. Average size of these banded slate artifacts is generally 4 to 4 3/4 inches in length. The style was named when discovered at the wrist encircled with two copper bracelets on a human burial in the Adena Mound on the Governor Worthington farm, near Chillicothe, Ohio, when excavated by William C. Mills. This particular specimen was found along Darby Creek in Franklin County, Ohio, and collected by Frank Shipley, Max Shipley, Donald Bapst and John Steimle.
Click to enlarge	An outstanding Newnan measuring 6 1/2 inches in length. It is translucent and was found in Marion County, Florida. Collection of Dr. Dick Gutierrez, Brooksville, Florida
Click to enlarge	The above historic artifacts are as follows: (top left) Ear or Nose bob of blue glass was found at the White Springs site in Geneva, New York. This piece was in the collection of William O.Warder of Geneva and was likely found by him. It is Iroquois. (top center) A Catlinite maskette that was found at the White Springs site, collected by William O.Warder who collected it. It measures 9/16 x 9/16 inches and is Iroquois. (top right) Ear or Nose bob of blue and white glass or delft from the White Springs site. Again, collected by William O. Warder and may have been found by him. It is Iroquois. (center) Two trade points, the upper one was found in Kiowa County, Iowa, the lower one was found at the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. The Kiowa point measures 5 5/8 inches in length. (lower left) A shell runtee with cross design was found at the Marsh site, Ontario County, New York, and collected by James R. “Rene” Vorhees of Ovid, New York. It is Iroquois. (lower center) This portrait-quality maskette of catlinite was found at the White Springs site and collected by William O.Warder. It is Iroquois. (lower right) This blue and white glass or delft ear or nose bob found at the White Springs site, probably by William O. Warder and is Iroquois. All except the two trade points were obtained when the Warder-Vorhees collections were sold at auction on November 5, 2005. Collection of C.J. O ’Neill, Monroe, North Carolina
Click to enlarge	This interesting Clovis projectile is lightly fluted each side and is very thin. It is made of tannish/orange and dark gray Bailey chert and measures 3 inches in length, 1 1/16 inches in width. It was found by Dan Figgins on the Malden Plain in Dunklin County, Missouri. It features encrustations of an unidentified organic material shown on the biface. It has resided in the collections of Dana Kono, Dana Harper and David P. Walsh Sr. It has been previously pictured in Who ’s Who No.9, page 139, 3rd from bottom.
Click to enlarge	This very striking blue and reddish Chlorite crescent bannerstone was found near Chatham in Medina County, Ohio by Clive Jones in the early 1900’s. It measures 4 1/4 inches in length and 2 1/2 inches in height, formerly in the Tommy Beutell collection. Collection of C.J. O ’Neill, Monroe, North Carolina
Click to enlarge	The Carlisle Dalton. On Sunday, February 5th, 2006, one of the finest points ever recovered in Western Kentucky was found in a creek in Carlisle County by Aaron Ellegood, an artifact hunter who was walking one of his favorite creeks.