Click to enlarge	This Scottsbluff is a personal find of John Scoggins of Fouke, Arkansas. He found it in Miller County, Arkansas. It is made from a glossy Edwards chert, and measures 5 inches in length. It is extremely thin, and quite a remarkable find. John is shown with some of his other finds in the center.
Click to enlarge	This interesting Bottle style bannerstone is made from claystone. It is a personal find of Roy Ruyle of St. Peters, Missouri. It was on August 10, 2004 that he found it on a construction site in St. Charles County, Missouri. The banding and color are exceptional on this artifact. It measures 1 ½ inches wide by 1 ¾ inches in length.
Click to enlarge	Dayton Simpkins of Marion, Kentucky is a lucky Boy Scout. His first ever find is the wonderful Buck Creek at left. He found it in Crittenden County Kentucky. It measures 4 inches in length and is made from Genevieve chert
Click to enlarge	Dr. Young utilized medical tape to identify his artifacts, and the collections they came from. These three exceptional Dover artifacts, two chisels and a small flint celt, show how that system works. The large chisel at the far left has an “S” on the label, identifying that it came from the B.W.Stevens collection, which Young purchased in 1953. The other chisel and the flint celt have “FK” on their labels. This identifies that these came from the Fain King Collection, also purchased by Young. These artifacts, eventually found their way into the Jack Roberts collection of Tunica, Mississippi, from which the current owner acquired them.
Click to enlarge	Unusual Mississippian Bell Plain hooded human bottle found at the Bradley Site, Crittendon County, Arkansas. Bradley was a 16th Century Nodena Phase village or town located on Bradley Ridge, a relict natural levee of the Mississippi River. It was visited by archaeologist C.B. Moore in 1911, where he uncovered evidence of early Spanish contact. It is known that Desoto spent the summer of 1541 in the area. The vessel appears to be a fully bearded European wearing a hat and collared tunic not unlike those worn by Spanish “arquebusiers” in the early 1500’s. The vessel was originally in the collection of Dr. Kent Westbrook, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Click to enlarge	The hooded human bottle found at the Bradley Site viewed from above.