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On the Cover Raptor talon effigy bifaces excavated from house floor, Link Farm site (40HS6) (A.D. 1300-1400), Humphreys County, Tennessee. Courtesy of the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Tennessee. These are part of a new column in this publication, “Archaeology and Artifacts” by Dr. David H. Dye, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Memphis. For the full story, see pages122-123. Photography by David H. Dye
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Message from your Editor		75
Archaeology in Early America - The Big Mound		74
The Dalton Hole	Rick Steed	75
Seven Superb Axes	Dr. David A. Easterla	77
Hopewell Copper	E.J. Neiburger	80
Archaeology in Early America - Wonders of the Lowlands: Part One		87
Bifurcated points	Ted Koelikamp	90
Spear Weights or Atlatl Weights?	David Vohlken	92
The 1730 seige of the Fox Fort, McClean County, Illinois	Ray Fraser	93
An Owl Effigy Bottle	James E. Maus	95
A Kirk Point Gone Awry	Peter G. Murphy and Alice J. Murphy	97
Two Hunting Tales from Iowa	David Marolf	98
A Bar of Soap
The Root Bear Graham Cave
The Ronald K. Knight Relic Room Signal Mountain, Tennessee		100
The “Family Tree” Collection	Bill Moody	102
Miniature Stone Axes	Ron L. Harris	104
A Unique Bannerstone – The Story of a Family Heriloom	Mark Retz and Steven R. Cooper	106
Plummets from the Lower Illinois River Valley, New Canton, Pike Co, Illinois	Korhan B. Raif M.D.	108
A Case For Native American Altered Jesuit Rings	Jake Ilko Jr.	109
Paleo/Archaic Points from Western North Carolina	V. Gary Henry	112
Benton and Elk River/Benton Blades Far from Home	Edmund Butkus	113
Book Review:   Lost City of the Monkey God		114
Obituaries		114
I’ll Find an Axe and be Right Back	Paul Herrick	115
The Pipe	Scott Sprague and Steven R. Cooper	116
Clues to the Past	Steven R. Cooper	118
Archaeology and Artifacts	Dr. David H. Dye	122
Membership Application		124
Officers and Societies		125
Calendar of Events		128