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On the Cover The Matanzas people lived during the fourth millennium B.C. The name is Spanish and means to “slaughter,” and was taken from West Matanzas in Fulton County, Illinois. They were known for their stone cups, ground stone axes and projectile points. But their most artistic and skillful achievements were their carved bone hairpins. These five pristine examples were found at the Saline River Site in Gallatin County, Illinois. The longest measures 8 inches in length. For the full story, see page 6. Photography by Steven R. Cooper
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Message from your Editor		3
Letters to the Editor		4
From Clay to Copper - Minerals and Artifacts of Etowah, Steven R. Cooper		4
Dragonfly	C.J. O’Neill	5
The Matanzas	David L. Lutz	6
Collapse of Prehistoric Midwest Civilizations	E.J. Neiburger and Sarah Shulman	36
The Story behind a Cameron Parks Banded Slate Birdstone	Bob Burns	42
A Celt Among the Strawberries	Peter G. Murphy and Alice J. Murphy	48
Found! A Clear Quartz Point	Terry Ravey	49
Stone Age to Solar Age: The Largest North Carolina Cache	Ron L. Harris	50
The “New” Field	Bill Moody	54
Collections: Museums versus Private	Charlie Wagers	56
An Indian Contact Period Pipe	James E. Maus	57
An Odd Stone Artifact	Stephen Deger	59
Proposed Changes in Projectile Point Typology and Chronology for Western North Carolina – Part Four	V. Gary Henry	60
A Lesson in Restoration	John McCurdy	62
The Saga of a Giant and Two Dwarfs	David Marolf	64
A Huge Bonus	Gregg Smith	66
Book reviews:   What Archaeology Reveals About the First Americans   Who’s Who in Indian Relics # 11		67
Membership Application		68
Officers and Societies		69
Calendar of Events		72