Indian Artifacts the Best of the Midwest Identification and Value Guide

  • Author(s): Lar Hothem
  • Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art
  • Publisher: Collector Books
  • Publish year: 2004
  • ISBN: 9781574323900
  • Number of Pages: 468

Of the countless millions of artifacts made in the prehistoric Midwest, only a small percentage is considerably above average in one or more ways. This percentage number is open to debate, depending on what rarity factors are used and even how such factors are subjectively viewed. Less than 2% of all intact examples of fi eld-found artifacts are in this category of excellence. Half a dozen degree-of-rarity factors can be considered.

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Table of Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

Adzes

Archaic Blades

Archaic Drills

Archaic Gorgets

Archaic Tools

Atl-Atl Stones/Weights

Axes

Bannerstones

Bar Amulets

Birdstones

Boatstones

Bone, Antler & Shell Artifacts

Celts

Copper Artifacts

Discoidals

Fluted Points

Gorgets

Hematite Artifacts

Lanceolate Points

Lost Lake Blades

Paleo Tools

Pipes

Plummets

Pottery

Woodland Pendants

Woodland Points & Blades

Other Artifacts

Summary of Traits By State Illinois

Bibliography