Click to enlarge	A very unusual and highly stylized grayware human effigy vessel from Pemiscot County, Missouri. It stands 7 ½ inches tall and is 8 ½ inches wide at its base. The face, neck and chest are engraved, and the legs connect to the hipbone at the back of the vessel (see inset). This was originally shown in Roy Hathcock’s Ancient Indian Pottery of the Mississippi Valley on page 206.
Click to enlarge	A fine Saddleface style banner made from gneiss show in three views. This banner measures a fraction longer than 1 ¾ inches and has a fine polish and wonderful symmetry. It was found in Litchfield, Kentucky. It is possible that the saddle “knobs” were made to imitate the horns of a deer. This style of banner belongs to the Late Archaic Period and is one of the most numerous of bannerstone forms.
Click to enlarge	A fine discoidal found where the present square of the city of St. Clair Illinois is today. This disocidal is similar in form to those discovered in Mound 72 at Cahokia. This style is transitional between the earlier thick Jersey Bluff and the later thin Cahokia discoidals. It measures 2 ¾ inches wide.
Click to enlarge	The above bannerstone is made from hematite and shown from the side and from above. This unusual banner measuring 3 ¼ inches wide and is 2 inches tall was found by Paul Martin in Allen County, Indiana. Hematite is a difficult material to work, and unusual for a bannerstone. Hardstone materials were utilized in the Late Archaic Period.
Click to enlarge	Two unusual antler banners found in Robertson County, Tennessee,near the mouth of a rock shelter. The banners have an interesting blunted tine on one end. Several other antler banners have been found with the same feature. According to David Lutz in his book, The Archaic Bannerstone, antler bannerstones are found in association with Middle Archaic components. He notes, however, two antler bannerstones were found on an Early Woodland site, which might tend to extend their utilization time. He also notes that they have also been referred to as arrow shaft straighteners and shaft wrenches. The longest of the two above is 3 ½ inches.
Click to enlarge	Nine bone tools found in Southeast Iowa and Northeast Missouri. The large hairpin that is second from the right is 7 ½ inches in length. These were found in ditches or along waterways and their preservation is exceptional.