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On the Cover On the cover: Plate XXXVI from Some Aboriginal Sites on the Mississippi River by Clarence B. Moore. It is labeled “Pecan Point, Arkansas Vessel No. 13. (HEIGHT 7.6 INCHES.) This vessel (Catalog number 17/4103) is currently on display at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. The text on page 469 states about this vessel: In Plate XXXVI is shown a head bottle, a variant from the well-known and interesting type of head vases which we believe (speaking of the United States) are found only in northeastern Arkansas and in southeastern Missouri. At the time when Professor Holmes wrote his “Ancient Pottery of the Mississippi Valley” he had met with but eight other head vases, all of which had been found at the Pecan Point site. In later years other head vases have been discovered, but in comparatively small numbers: so the vessels are as rare as they are interesting. On page 447 of the same publication, Moore describes his excavations: A warm thanks…are tendered Mr. R. W. Friend, of Pecan Point, who cordially put his large plantations there…for investigation, in the most unreserved way. Our digging at Pecan Point occupied fourteen and one-half days …with a force of nine men to handle the spades and four to supervise. Three hundred and forty-nine burials were encountered…. For more on the archaeological journeys of Clarence B. Moore, see story on page 118.
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Message from your Editor		115
Letters to the Editor		116
Obituaries		117
Clarence Bloomfield Moore: A Man with a Lust for Exploration,   Artifacts and a Legacy	Steven R. Cooper EIC	118
On the Trail of the Holy Grail	Ron L. Harris	126
Prehistoric Longevity: Did Our Ancient Ancestors   Live the Good Life?	Dr. E.J. Neiburger	129
A Formula to Preserve Fragile Artifacts	Stephen Jordan	134
Tempering in Southern Pottery	Bruce Butts	135
Overlooked Artifacts	Bob Reeves	137
The Journey that Uncovered a Long Lost Headpot	Harold “Olie” Miller	138
Variations within the Saint Mary’s Hall Point Type	Malcolm McLaughlin	142
Twist and Turns to Find an Iron Ore Axe	Dr. Alfred Savage	143
The Mink Spear from Pike County, Illinois	Korhan B. Raif M.D.	144
Thoughts about Arrowheads	Bob Reeves	145
Restored Artifacts and the Collector: A Personal Narrative	Kurt Kruggel	146
Bifurcate Stemmed Points of the Early Archaic:   Rare in the North Carolina Piedmont	Peter G. Murphy and Alice J. Murphy	149
The Cove	J. Steven Beasley	152
Artifact or Eroded Rock?	Shirlee Baillod	154
A Semi-Mineralized Plains Big Horn Sheep   Evidently Butchered by Paleo Man	David A. Easterla Ph. D.	155
The Stories behind Four Artifacts	Marty Benton	157
Clues to the Past
Part One: Judgment Call	Steven R. Cooper EIC	158
Part Two: The Opossum Creek Cache	W. Rex Weeks Ph. D.	162
Membership Application		164
Officers and Societies		165
Calendar of Events		168