Arrowheads and Stone Artifacts, Third Edition

Autorentext

C. G. Yeager of Loveland, Colorado, is a lawyer, author, musician, and artist with a lifelong interest in archaeology, agriculture, Western history, rodeo, traditional country music, and baseball.

Educated in agricultural business, economics, and law, he was a former law clerk for the United States District Court, District of Wyoming, and is a US Navy veteran of the Vietnam War.

In addition, Yeager has been a member of the Loveland Archaeological Society, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the past thirty years, almost half of those years as chairman of the Loveland Stone Age Fair.

Klappentext

Learn where to look for and how to identify and preserve your own collection of common and rare stone artifacts in this respected and ethical handbook.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Amateur Archaeologists' Code of Ethics Chapter 2 Antiquity LawsIs Your Activity Legal? Chapter 3 Why Look for Artifacts? Chapter 4 The Flint Materials Chapter 5 How Artifacts Were Made Chapter 6 Arrowhead, Spearpoint, or Knife? Chapter 7 Stone Artifacts Chapter 8 Where Artifacts Are Found Chapter 9 How to Hunt Artifacts Chapter 10 Modern-Day Flintknapping Chapter 11 Documentation and Preservation Chapter 12 Organizations and Activities Glossary Recommended Reading Bibliography Meet the Author Index