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On the Cover The Criel Mound is an Adena conical burial mound located in South Charleston, West Virginia. The top of the mound was removed around 1840 to erect a judges’ stand for horse races that were held on a racetrack constructed at the base. It is one of the few remaining mounds that were errected in the Kanawha Valley during the Woodland period. It was originally 33 feet in height and 173 feet in diameter at the base. For more on this and other ancient prehistoric sites in West Virginia see the story on page 5.
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Message from the Editor		3
Letters to the Editor		4
Mounds and Earthworks on the Public Highway Part Nineteen: West Virginia	Steven R. Cooper	5
An Amazing Find from the 1980s	Thomas Theodore Welborn	10
An Ancient Pestle Reveals Itself	Trevor Garrett	14
American Archaeology and the Revised NAGPRA, Supercharged	Gary S. Foster	15
The History of an Unwanted Artifact Collection	Christopher Cramer	17
Additional Artifacts from the Savannah Farm Site	V. Gary Henry	18
Found 150 Years Ago	Steve Ward	21
Book Review:  Geology, Archeology, and Earthquakes of the Central Mississippi River Valley		21
Ishi Point	John M. Selmer	22
Yearning for the Old Days	Paul Herrick	24
Obituary:   Michael J. Raymondi		25
A Large Hornstone Cache Blade	Jerry Ball	26
Mississippian Miniatures - Smallest of the Small	Ron L. Harris	27
A Rare Slate Effigy from Southern New England	William B. Moody	30
The Leseman Site	Carl R. Becker	32
The Mike A. Walkers Munker’s Creek Point Cache	Dr. David A. Easterla, Ph.D.	33
The Passenger Pigeon as they Relate to the Indigenous Tribes of the Great Lakes	Jake John Ilko, Jr.	34
My Timeline Case	Nick Speer	37
What Languages Did the Adena and Copena Cultures Speak?	Robert Moyer	38
Tales from Virginia:   Fine points and Fond Memories The Gravel Pit Clovis	Howard Boney	42
Obituary:   Jack D. Haskinss		43
The Mysterious Stone Forts of Southern Illinois	Mike Chervinko	44
A Time to Remember	Bob English	49
Book Reviews:  Archaeology of North Central Ohio Volume 6 Octobeer 2024  Clifton Blades		51
Membership Application / CSAJ back issues		52
Officers and Societies		53
Calendar of Events		56