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Top 10 Must-haves on any true Arrowheadologist’s Christmas List!
Posted on16. Dec, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
OK folks, Christmas is upon us and Santa is checking his list. For those that have been really good this year, we wanted to share our top ten list of the must-have items for any die-hard Arrowheadologist. Better yet, we want to hear from you therefore we’ve listed the top 5 items and want [...]
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Send ‘em in!
Posted on04. Dec, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
Got ground-breaking stories? Or stories about breaking ground and finding artifacts? We want them on the cover of Arrowheadology in 2011!
The value of Arrowheadology is our community. And the community is you and your collective knowledge and willingness to share. So what better way to keep the front page of Arrowheadology fresh in 2011 [...]
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An Early Multi-Purpose Tool from the Great Basin
Posted on14. Nov, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
John Garrett, Arrowheadology Moderator and frequent contributor to the Arrowheadology main page, provides this intersting look this week at a Great Basin artifact.
In the rugged Great Basin region of the western US, the earliest lithic assemblages are frequently found on dry lakebed margins and shorelines and their associated streams and washes. (Willig and Aikens 1988:27-28) [...]
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An Agate Basin Point from Texas
Posted on22. Oct, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
John Garrett authored this fine article on the occurrence of Agate Basin points in Texas. We thank John for another great contribution. Read on and be sure to continue the dialog in the forums. Also, click on the images to see larger images. Enjoy!
An Agate Basin Point from Texas
John Garrett 10/22/2010
One of the most commonly [...]
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Why Did They Do That – Grinding?
Posted on28. Jul, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
This article was authored and kindly submitted by John Garrett, a.k.a. ‘Mojave’. We appreciate John’s many contributions to Arrowheadology as well as to the greater collecting community.
By John Garrett
This commentary examines one of the more curious peculiarities in the technological habit patterns of earliest Americans, generally referred to as Paleo-Indians; marginal grinding of projectile point [...]
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The Mullins Texas Clovis Cache
Posted on01. Jul, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
Dr. Leslie Pfeiffer first reported on this Clovis Cache in the Central States Archaeological Journal (January 2005, volume 52, number 1, pp 32-33) and referred to it as the “Mullins Cache”. Discovered during a sand and gravel mining operation 2004 in Bastrop County (southeast-central Texas), this 13 piece cache is believed to be an [...]
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Archeologists charge landowner $35K
Posted on14. Jun, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
Heritage Conservation Acts serve to protect history from being lost forever. What happens when these programs punish rather than reward citizens for doing the right thing?
“We felt invaded,” said Louise Allix, a property owner from Vancouver Island who is being held responsible for the $35,000 archeologist’s bill after her land was deemed a [...]
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UPDATED: Temple 2010 is in the Books
Posted on06. Jun, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
UPDATE: We’ve fired our Arrowheadology Staff photographer and posted his work to show why. Who spends all their time visiting and looking at artifacts while attending the Temple show on assignment and then tries to capture a few quick photos in the last 5 minutes while muttering something about having to leave early for a [...]
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The Ubiquitous European Glass Trade Bead
Posted on31. May, 2010 by Shannon Graham.
This article was authored and submitted by John Garrett (a.k.a. Mojave)
This article is for those who have occasioned across early American Glass Trade Beads. Hopefully information here will help individuals recognize, identify, and understand these colorful artifacts that have come to symbolize the illustrious history of the North American trade era. Many thanks are owed [...]
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