April 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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This exceptional Archaic period single-face quartz hourglass bannerstone was found by Tim Jones in Van Buren County, Iowa on July 16th 2007. It is made of a beautiful ferruginous quartzite and measures 2 3/4” long by 2 1/4” wide. According to Jones, he was in the woods riding a four-wheeler around ten in the morning when he spotted a bright object in a ditch. When he went to investigate he discovered this classic bannerstone. The hourglass bannerstone is found throughout the Mid-West, from Louisana to Ohio in three varieties; single-faced, bi-faced and a rare bi-faced style that has concave faces on each side. The hourglass is considered to be the final developmental pattern that arose from the tube bannerstone. David Lutz states, in his book The Archaic Bannerstone, that the hourglass pattern dates at around 2000 BC. He further notes that it was during this time that ferruginous quartzite began to be used in bannerstone manufacturing and that the source of the quartz remains a mystery.

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Message from our officers
59

A Highly Engraved Steatite Pipe Bowl from North Carolina
Ron Harris
60

Nutting Stones
Jim Maus
62

A Large Human Effigy Pipe from Warren County, Mississippi
J. Neal Brown
68

An Unusual Bannerstone Feature
Steven R. Cooper
71

Gamestones: A Mississippian Enigma
Col. John F. Berner
72

Florida Plummets
John Baugh
74

Hunting the Fields Near the Tennessee River
Dennis Tolley
76

A Rare South Carolina Boatstone
Bob Costello
77

The Coral Culbreath
Ralph W. Raymond
78

Old Copper Mandrils
E.J. Neiburger
80

Lizard Effigy Vessels from Virginia and North Carolina
Jim Glanville
84

Rock Hunting with the Elderly:The Little Point that was Found Twice
Betty Roberts
88

Michigan's Prehistory: Piecing It Back Together
George Jachim
89

Plummet Lithic Materials,Dimensions and Weight Comparisons
James M. Lang and Robert L. Jones
90

Minutes of the CSAS Delegates Meeting March 8,2008
Dr. Jim Cherry
93

The Quigley Biface: A Clovis Phase Biface from Larimer County Colorado
Bill Breckinridge
95

Southern Oddities and Curiosities
Steven R. Cooper
102

Book reviews
104

Empires in the Forest

Rodney M. Peck

Illinois Hopewell and Late Woodland Mounds

Ray Fraser

Clues to the Past
Steven R. Cooper
105

Membership application
108

Officers and Societies
109

Calendar of Events
112

On the Cover This exceptional Archaic period single-face quartz hourglass bannerstone was found by Tim Jones in Van Buren County, Iowa on July 16th 2007. It is made of a beautiful ferruginous quartzite and measures 2 3/4” long by 2 1/4” wide. According to Jones, he was in the woods riding a four-wheeler around ten in the morning when he spotted a bright object in a ditch. When he went to investigate he discovered this classic bannerstone. The hourglass bannerstone is found throughout the Mid-West, from Louisana to Ohio in three varieties; single-faced, bi-faced and a rare bi-faced style that has concave faces on each side. The hourglass is considered to be the final developmental pattern that arose from the tube bannerstone. David Lutz states, in his book The Archaic Bannerstone, that the hourglass pattern dates at around 2000 BC. He further notes that it was during this time that ferruginous quartzite began to be used in bannerstone manufacturing and that the source of the quartz remains a mystery.
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Message from our officers		59
A Highly Engraved Steatite Pipe Bowl from North Carolina	Ron Harris	60
Nutting Stones	Jim Maus	62
A Large Human Effigy Pipe from Warren County, Mississippi	J. Neal Brown	68
An Unusual Bannerstone Feature	Steven R. Cooper	71
Gamestones: A Mississippian Enigma	Col. John F. Berner	72
Florida Plummets	John Baugh	74
Hunting the Fields Near the Tennessee River	Dennis Tolley	76
A Rare South Carolina Boatstone	Bob Costello	77
The Coral Culbreath	Ralph W. Raymond	78
Old Copper Mandrils	E.J. Neiburger	80
Lizard Effigy Vessels from Virginia and North Carolina	Jim Glanville	84
Rock Hunting with the Elderly:The Little Point that was Found Twice	Betty Roberts	88
Michigan's Prehistory: Piecing It Back Together	George Jachim	89
Plummet Lithic Materials,Dimensions and Weight Comparisons	James M. Lang and Robert L. Jones	90
Minutes of the CSAS Delegates Meeting March 8,2008	Dr. Jim Cherry	93
The Quigley Biface: A Clovis Phase Biface from Larimer County Colorado	Bill Breckinridge	95
Southern Oddities and Curiosities	Steven R. Cooper	102
Book reviews		104
Empires in the Forest	Rodney M. Peck
Illinois Hopewell and Late Woodland Mounds	Ray Fraser
Clues to the Past	Steven R. Cooper	105
Membership application		108
Officers and Societies		109
Calendar of Events		112