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On the Cover General Gates P. Thruston(1835-1912) was a Civil War General who settled in Nashville and built one of the greatest artifact collections of the 19th Century. Not only is it still intact today, but it can be seen at the Tennessee State Museum, where most of it is on display. The etching of Thruston shown on the cover, was originally printed in the October-December 1910 Vanderbilt University Quarterly.
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Message from your Editor		3
Readers Share Some Finds		4
Letters to the Editor		5
Obituaries		5
General Gates P. Thruston and his 1880’s Collection	Steven R. Cooper EIC	6
Manuports	Bob Reeves	12
From Preform to Finished Bannerstone	James Tharp	13
A Comparison of the American Old Copper Culture with the Indus Valley Civilization	E.J. Neiburger	18
The Universal, Multi-Purpose Tool of the Stone Age: Chipped Stone Scrapers	Peter G. Murphy and Alice J. Murphy	22
Some Perishable Great Basin Artifacts	Warren Boatwright	25
Out Behind the Barn with Dale and Betty	Dale Roberts	27
Creek Hunting in Mississippi	Steven R. Cooper EIC	27
A Humped Gorget That Nearly Went to the Bottom of Lake Manitou	Jim Felke	30
The Cat-Serpent and the Smiling Fox	Robert Wollard	32
Some People Have All the Luck!	Bill Breidinger	33
Two Translucent Artifacts	Steven R. Cooper. EIC	35
Lifecycles: The Lifecycle of Fossilized Stone Implements	Merrill Kuske	36
A Possible Paleo-Cache from North Carolina	Wm Jack Hranicky	37
Artifact Huntin’ Stories	Clarence G. Mason	40
The Antioch Newnan	C.J. O’Neill	41
Our Anniversary Pipe	Marty Benton	42
A Poster Project: Projectile Points and Knives of the Central Great Plains		42
A Michigan Table Rock Point	George R. Jachim	44
Woodland Vessels and Projectile Points from Yadkin River Sites in North Carolina	Ron L. Harris	44
Willie Fox: Old Time Collector in Clark County, Kentucky	Ed Reed and Charlie Wagers	47
Exceptional Hardstone finds from Pike County Illinois-2012	Korhan B. Raif M.D.	48
Clues to the Past		49
Membership Application		52
Officers and Societies		53
Calendar of Events		56