Arrowheads & Stone Artifacts

by Yeager, C. G.

• ISBN13: 9780871089120
• ISBN10: 0871089122
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Westwinds Pr

Summary

This practical, down-to-earth guide for surface collectors of arrowheads and stone artefacts is designed especially for amateur archaeologists and people interested in learning how to study and collect artifacts safely and responsibly. The author reveals invaluable tips on: where to look for artefacts; how to identify artefacts; where surface collecting is permissible; starting and caring for your own collection. With more than fifty new photographs and illustrations of common and rare artefacts, this book is the perfect addition to libraries of amateur archaeologists thirsty for knowledge about preserving and interpreting the remains of a prehistoric culture.

Author Biography

Author C. G. Yeager is an archaeologist by avocation, having been a student for more than forty years. C. G. "Gary" Yeager, of Loveland, Colorado, has been a student of archaeology for more than forty years

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Acknolwedgments	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Amateur Archaeologists' Code of Ethics	p. 5
Antiquity Laws--Is Your Activity Legal?	p. 11
Why Look for Artifacts?	p. 19
The "Flint" Materials	p. 25
How Artifacts Were Made	p. 39
Arrowhead, Spearpoint, or Knife?	p. 47
Stone Artifacts	p. 75
Where Artifacts Are Found	p. 137
How to Hunt Artifacts	p. 163
Modern-Day Flintknapping	p. 177
Documentation and Preservation	p. 183
Organizations and Activities	p. 191
Glossary	p. 199
Recommended Reading	p. 211
Bibliography	p. 213
Meet the Author	p. 217
Index	p. 219
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