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OHIO ARCHAEOLOGIST VOLUME 34 NO. 4 FALL 1984 Published by THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF OHIO The Archaeological Society of Ohio Gordon Hart. 760 N Main St , Bluffton. Indiana 46714 EXPIRIES O.A.S. OFFICERS David J Snyder. PO Box 388. Luckey. Ohio 43443 1986 President Don Gehlbach, 3435 Sciotangy Dr., Columbus, Dr Phillip R Shriver. Miami University, Oxford. Ohio 45056 Ohio 43221 -Tele: Home 459-0808, Bus. 888-3572 Robert Harter, 1961 Buttermilk Hill. Delaware, Ohio 1986 Vice President Scott Haskins, 2160 Fitzroy Dr., Apt. A-6, Associate i ditor, Martha P otto, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio 43224-Tele: Home 476-4843 Columbus. Ohio 1986 Exec. Sect. Martha Otto, 2200 E. Powell Rd., Westerville, Jeff Carskadden, 960 Eastward Circle, Colony North. Ohio 43081 -Tele: Home 846-7640, Bus. 466-1500 Ext. 256 Zanesville Ohio 43701 1986 Treasurer Donald W. Foster, 54-E West Park St., Westerville, AH articles review! and comments on the ("i"1 Arohaeologi$t Ohio 43081 -Tele: Home 891-7417 should be sent to the EditOI Memberships, requests foi back 1986 Recording Sect. Barbara Motts. 7050 Refugee Rd., Canal issues, changes of addreSI and othei matter should be sent lo the bUSint ISS i 'f f ice Winchester, Ohio 43110-Tele: Home 837-4862 1986 Immediate Past President Mike Kish, 39 Parkview Ave , PLEASE NOTIFY BUSINESS OFFICE IMMEDIATELY OF AD Westerville, Ohio 43081 -Tele: Home 882-4176, DRESS CHANGES. BY POSTAL REGULATIONS SOCIETY MAIL Bus. 890-3000 Ext. 107 CANNOT BE FORWARDED. 1986 Editor Robert N. Converse. 199 Converse Dr, Plain City, Ohio43064-Tele: Home 873-5471, Bus. 873-4664 Editorial Office TRUSTEES 199 Converse Drive, Plain City. Ohio 43064 1986 Dana L Baker, 17240 Twp. Rd.. 206, Mt. Victory, Ohio 43340-Tele: Home 513-354-3951 BUS. MANAGER 1986 Michael W. Schoenfeld, 524 Sycamore Dr.. Pickerington, joe Redick, 35 w Riverglen Dr Ohio 43147-Tele: Home 837-7088 Worthington. Ohio 43085 1986 Douglas Hooks, 120Yoha Dr., Mansfield, Ohio 44907- Tele: Home 419-756-8782 Membership and Dues 1986 Wayne Mortine, Scott Dr., Oxford Hts., Newcomerstown, Annual dues to the Archaeological Society of Ohio are payable Ohio43832-Tele: Home 498-7178, Bus. 498-7527 on the first of January as follows Regular membership $1200: 1988 AlvaMcGraw, 1177 Eastern Ave, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601— Husband and wife (one copy of publication) $13 00, Life member Tele: Home 773-4399 ship $300.00 Funds are used for publishing the Ohio Archaeologist 1988 Ernest G. Good, 3402 Civic Place, Grove City, Ohio 43123- The Archaeological Society of Ohio is an incorporated non-profit organization and has no paid officers or employees Tele: Home 875-6156 The Ohio Archaeologist is published quarterly and subscription 1988 Donald A. 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Ohio 43968 are generally out of print but copies are available from time to James L Murphy, University Libraries, 1858 Neil Avenue Mall, time Write to business office for prices and availability Columbus. Ohio 43210 STANDING COMMITTEES SPECIAL COMMITTEES NOMINATING COMMITTEE PROGRAM COMMITTEE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE SOCIETY PHOTOGRAPHER Robert Converse. Chan man Martha otto. Chairman Jeff Carskadden, Chairman Len yVeldnei Steve Fuller Mike Schoenfeld Richard Patterson Jeff Brown FLOOR MANAGER S Jack Hooks John Winsch COMMITTEE Wayne Mortine Bob Hill James Murphy Joy Jon, is Don Casto, Chairman Dana Baker MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Edith Campbell AUDITING COMMITTEE Jane Weidner, Chairman SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS Dave United Don Foster. Chairman Sharon Puttera COMMITTEE Robert White Craig Ciola Mike Wilson Robeit Converse, Chairman Roy Stuart Mike Schoenfeld Ken Saunders Jeff Carskadden Martha Otto COMMITTEE TO STUDY EXHIBITS COMMITTEE Billy Hillen Greg Shipley Scott Haskins BUDGETING Don Casto, Co-Chairman Wayne Mortine Don Foster. Chairman Frank otto, Co-Chairman Kim Ellis Scott Haskins RAFFLE COMMITTEE Jim Perry Billy Hillen Eugenia Kish Jim Hahn James Greenlee Chris Olenick, Chairman Dawn Wilson Jim Gooding Steve Olenick jason Greenlee Warren Mears Jane Weidner FRAUDULENT ARTIFACTS (Joe Redick) Buddy Haney Doug Hooks COMMITTEE Scott Haskins Dana Baker. Co-Chairman EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW Steve Puttera Steve Fuller. Co-Chairman COMMITTEE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE Doug Hooks Robert Hill. Chairman Robert Converse. Co-Chairman William King. Chaiiman Don Bapst Craig Cil lis Don Gehlbach. Co-Chairman William Tiell Robert Conveisu Jefl Pruth Tom Grubb Dan Rosette Ernie Good James Gooding Jim Hahn Virginia Morelock Dorothy Good Martha Otto Paul Ford Lai Hothem Contents President's Column More Portage River Pottery Pipes 4 By Fishspear Points 5 D. R. Gehlbach The Longacre Sites: Cole/Baldwin-like and Philo Phase Interaction in One of the greatest values in our Central Muskingum Valley 6 Society is this fine publication, The Ohio Archaeologist. Many people have Faunal and Plant Remains from Three Late Woodland Sites in viewed articles in our magazines as the Muskingum County, Ohio 12 primary reference for their collections or as a major source of background in An Archaic Bell-Shaped Pestle from the Raisch-Smith Area 13 formation on artifact types and the pre The Gish Fractured Base 14 historic Ohioan. For this reason, many of us have accumulated libraries of back A Large Archaic Stemmed Point 15 issues of our magazine for information or educational purposes or even to Points from the Ed LeVan Collection 15 document the histories of artifacts in our possession. A Sandusky County Adena Undrilled Bi-Concave Banded Slate Gorget 16 Some time ago, the officers and trus A Shovel Shaped Pendant from the Winsch Collection 17 tees of our society recognized that there was a need to provide an overall index Experimental Duplication of the Fort Ancient Shell Hoe 18 to all of our publications for the use of our membership. A special publication Cranberry Prairie's Ancient Elk—One That Got Away? 20 would not only supply information on Excavation Of The Connett Mound 4 23 the contents of the magazine over the past 43 plus years, but would also an A Fairfield County Trophy Axe 27 swer many typical questions such as, "Where do I find more about the types A Salvaged Birdstone 27 of relics in my collection?" The Melvin Donation 28 The long awaited bibliography/index is now in the initial stage of preparation. The King Fluted Point 30 The Society has asked Dr. James Murphy of The Ohio State University to prepare Miami River Axes 31 the special publication, and Jim has graciously agreed to accommodate our Spoonville—Classic Michigan Hopewell 32 request. Some of you may know that A Theoretical Model of Western Lake Erie Prehistory: A 1984 Perspective . .40 Jim published his own "Bibliography of Ohio Archaeology" some six years ago Heavy Duty Points 41 and regularly contributes articles to our magazine. Surface Found Knives 42 When completed in the fall of 1985, Unusual Find Of A Pentagonal Point 42 this special magazine should become a valuable source of information for Federal Grant Enables Hopeton Analysis 43 both the member and researcher. We feel this will be the first of several such Archaeology Survey and Planning Grants Awarded 43 publications in the next several years to Back Issues Of The Ohio Archaeologist Available 43 support the specialized interests of both the amateur and professional in our society. FRONT COVER BACK COVER In 1846 the famous Squier and Davis These pipes and other material from the This outstanding Archaic bevel is in excavation of Mound City began. The Squier and Davis collections were the collection of Franklyn Smith, Bloom result of this and other excavations re eventually deposited in the British Center, Logan County, Ohio. It was found sulted in the publication of the book Museum where they reside today. five miles north of Quincy, Pleasant ANCIENTMONUMENTSOFTHE MIS We are indebted to Dr. Barbara Hark- Township, Logan County, Ohio. It is SISSIPPI VALLEY, first publication of ness of Kent State University for furnish made of Coshocton flint and is three the Smithsonian Institute. Among the ing the color picture on the front cover. and one half inches long. It is one of spectacular finds made at Mound City Dr. Harkness recently photographed the the finest examples of the type known. was the discovery of a large number entire Squier and Davis series on a trip of effigy pipes all ceremonially killed. to London. 3 More Portage River Pottery Pipes By Phillip R. Shriver Miami University In the Summer of 1984 issue of the one authority (Trigger, 1976:142) has 1978 "Late Prehistory of the Upper Great Ohio Archaeologist, two quite similar pictured a pipe strikingly similar to the Lakes Area" in Bruce G. Trigger, punctated pottery elbow pipes found one shown here in Figures 2 and 3 and volume editor, Volume 15, North near the Portage River in Ottawa County has identified that particular one as east, of William C. Sturtevant, gen in 1917 by Arthur George Smith and in typically middle Iroquoian {circa AD. eral editor, Handbook of North 1932 by the late Henry A.