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On the Cover This drawing was created especially for this issue by Ren Harvey and shows a Hopewell shaman holding an engraved circular palette, which was found at the Winchester Mound near Naples, Illinois. The disc is made from siltstone and measures 12 ½” in diameter. It is one of the earliest known palettes. It features a hand motif on both sides, similar in fashion to the Hopewell mica cutouts. Resting on the disc is a classic Hopewell monitor pipe. These are usually made from green or tan Ohio pipestone. He is wearing a bear claw necklace and has an otter fur cap on his head. The tattooing on the face is based on what can be observed on one of the human head monitor pipes shown on page 244 in the 1847 publication Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley by Squier and Davis, which today rests in the British Museum. For more information on the use of the hand motif in prehistoric cultures, see the essay by Dr. Michael Gramly on page 214 in this issue. Editor’s note: Ren Harvey specializes in Native American subjects, especially in showing prehistoric peoples in association with real artifacts. Her artwork has been acquired by numerous individuals in the archaeological community. An artwork she created highlighting artifacts from the Old Town site near Nashville was recently acquired by former Senator Bill Frist, who lives today on the property. If you would like to acquire one of her artworks, either an original or print, Ren can be contacted at renharveyart@gmail.com.
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Message from your Editor		187
Obituary - Dr. Jack M. Schock		188
A Special Discoidal	Anthony Havens	189
The Find of a Lifetime for a Young Hoosier Collector	Luke Lester	190
Late Prehistoric Quartz Crystal Arrowheads of San Diego, California	Warren Boatwright	191
North Carolina “Duck-Bill” Style Stone Axes	Ron Harris	192
A 19th Century Oglala Sioux Beaded Vest from Kyle, South Dakota	Peter G. Murphy and Alice J. Murphy	193
B.W. Stephens’ Red Slate Gorget	John Selmer	195
An Elm Point Plummet	Ronald J. Scheffers	196
Book Review Recovering Ancient Spiro – Native American Art, Ritual, and Cosmic Renewal		197
The Sale of Dickson Mounds	Ray Fraser	198
A Weeping Indian Woman Pendant	E.J. Neiburger	200
Fate is the Hunter - Ten Years in the Making	David L. Greives	202
Two North Georgia Great Pipes	Dr. Sandy B. Carter, Jr.	206
Raw Materials	Dr. Jeff B. Pyle	208
Reflections on an Archaic Period Shell Mound in Middle Tennessee	Steven R. Cooper	209
Symbolism of Hands in North American Archaeology and Ethnology	Richard Michael Gramly, Ph.D.	214
The Island Pipe	Kenneth Bassett	225
Lulu	James R. Beer	228
2021 – A Hunting Season on the Heels of the Pandemic	Tom Westfall	230
Yuck Isn’t Always Bad - Etley and Wadlow	David Marolf	233
An Andrew County, Missouri Copper Spear Point	David A. Easterla, Ph.D.	235
Membership Application		236
Officers and Societies		237
Calendar of Events		240