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PUBLISHED BY OHIO THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGIST SOCIETY VOLUME 49 NO. 2 SPRING 1999 OF OHIO The Archaeological Society of Ohio MEMBERSHIP AND DUES Annual dues to the Archaeological Society of Ohio are payable on the first of January as follows: Regular membership $17.50; husband and wife (one TERM copy of publication) $18.50; Individual Life Membership $300. Husband and A.S.O. OFFICERS EXPIRES wife Life Membership $500. Subscription to the Ohio Archaeologist, pub 2000 President Jeb Bowen, 1982 Velma Avenue, Columbus, OH lished quarterly, is included in the membership dues. The Archaeological 43224, (419)-585-2571. Society of Ohio is an incorporated non-profit organization. 2000 Vice-President William Pickard, 1003 Carlisle Ave., BACK ISSUES Columbus, OH 43224, (614)-262-9516. Publications and back issues of the Ohio Archaeologist: 2000 Executive Secretary Charles Fulk, 2122 Cottage Street, Ash Ohio Flint Types, by Robert N. 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ASO CHAPTERS BUSINESS MANAGER Aboriginal Explorers Club President: Jeff Bendie, 1127 Esther Ave., Wellsville, OH Don Casto, 138 Ann Court, Lancaster, OH 43130 Alum Creek Chapter Business phone: 1-800-736-7815 - Home phone: 1-740-653-9477. President: Craig Alward, 62 Belle Ave., Delaware, OH Beau Fleuve Chapter TRUSTEES President: Richard Sojka, 11253 Broadway, Alden, NY 2000 James G. Hovan, 16979 South Meadow Circle, Strongsville, Black Swamp Chapter President: Marie Plummer Minniear, c/o Dr. David Strothers, OH 44136, (216)-238-1799. Anthropology Dept., University of Toledo, 2801 Bancroft St., Toledo, OH 2000 Steven Kish, 3014 Clark Mill Road, Norton, OH 44203 Blue Jacket Chapter (216)-753-7081. President: Greg Johns, 301 Chillicothe St., Bellefontaine, OH 2000 Walt Sperry, 6910 Range Line Road, Mt. Vernon, OH 43050, Chippewa Valley Chapter (614)-393-2314. President: Skeeter Kish, 3014 Clarkmill Rd., Norton, OH 2000 Russell Strunk, PO Box 55, Batavia, OH 45103, Cuyahoga Valley Chapter (513)-752-7043. President: Bill Mitchell, 244 Chestnut Blvd.. Cuyahoga Falls, OH 2002 Martha Otto, 2200 East Powell Road, Westerville, OH 43801, Dividing Ridges Chapter (614)-297-2641. President: John Mocic, Box 170, RD#1, Valley Drive, 2002 Carl Szafranski, 6106 Ryan Road, Medina, OH 44256, Dilles Bottom, OH (330)-723-7122. Flint Ridge Chapter President: Joel D. Embry, 7503 Columbus-Lancaster Rd. NW, Carrol, OH 2002 Elaine Holzapfel, 415 Memorial Drive, Greenville, OH 45331, Fort Salem Chapter (937)-548-0325. President: Lamont Baudendistle, 310 Water St., Bethel, OH 2002 John Mocic, Box 170, R.D. #1, Dilles Bottom, OH 43947 Fulton Creek Chapter (740)-676-1077. President: Don Mathys, 23000 St. Rt. 47, West Mansfield, OH Johnny Appleseed Chapter President: Jeff Zemrock, 903 Twp. Rd. 2850, Perrysville, OH REGIONAL COLLABORATORS King Beaver Chapter David W. Kuhn, 2103 Grandview Ave., Portsmouth, OH 45662 President: Richard McConnell, 836 Cleland Mill Rd., New Castle, PA Mahoning Valley Chapter Mark W. Long, Box 627, Jackson, OH 45640 President: Rocky Falleta, 176 Clarencedale, Youngstown, OH Steven Kelley, Seaman, OH Miamiville Archaeological Conservation Chapter William Tiell, 13435 Lake Ave., Lakewood, OH President: Bill Egbers, 969 Riverside Dr., Milford, OH James L. Murphy, University Libraries, 1858 Neil Avenue Mall, Mound City Chapter Columbus, OH 43210 President: Gary Argabright, 92 N. Courtland Ave., Chillicothe, OH Gordon Hart, 760 N. Main St., Blutfton, Indiana 46714 Plum Run David J. Snyder, P.O. Box 388, Luckey, OH 43443 President: Chris Darin, Morning Glory Farm, 37086 Eagleton Road, Lisbon, OH Dr. Phillip R. Shriver, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 Sandusky Bay Chapter Jeff Carskadden, 960 Eastward Circle, Colony North, President: George DeMuth, 4303 Nash Rd., Wakeman, OH Zanesville, OH 43701 Sandusky Valley Chapter Elaine Holzapfel, 415 Memorial Drive, Greenville, OH 45331 President: Dale Stansberry, 13825 C.H. 64, Upper Sandusky, OH Seneca Arrow Hunters Chapter All articles, reviews, and comments regarding the Ohio Archaeologist President: Don Weller, 3232 S. State Rt. 53, Tiffin, OH should be sent to the Editor. Memberships, requests for back issues, Six River Valley Chapter changes of address, and other inquiries should be sent to the Busi President: Brian Foltz, 6566 Charles Rd., Westerville, OH ness Manager. Standing Stone Chapter President: Bill Pickard, 1003 Carlisle Ave., Columbus, OH PLEASE NOTIFY THE BUSINESS MANAGER OF ADDRESS Sugarcreek Valley Chapter CHANGES IMMEDIATELY SINCE, BY POSTAL REGULATIONS, President: Larry L. Morris, 901 Evening Star Ave., East Canton, OH SOCIETY MAIL CANNOT BE FORWARDED. Their Fires Are Cold Chapter President: Kevin Boos, 5710 Old Railroad, Sandusky, OH NEW BUSINESS OFFICE PHONE NUMBER 1-800-736-7815 TOLL FREE EDITORIAL — OUR SOCIETY AND ITS FUTURE TABLE OF CONTENTS The Archaeological Society of Ohio is in a crisis. The Board of Direc Editorial by Robert N. Converse 3 tors is split down the middle. Recent events have divided our Society Fluted Points and Bifaces from The Nobles Pond Site: 33ST357 as never before. Things have happened within the past few months by Larry L. Morris, Mark F. Seeman, Garry L Summers, which would have been unimaginable three or four years ago. Elaine Dowd, Carl Szafranski, Paul J. Barans, Niles Eric Nilsson 4 Some Society Firsts An Archaic Site in Ohio County, West Virginia by Larry Nelson 13 Martha Otto's Removal The Portsmouth Earthworks: An Eighteenth-Century Account of Ohio Prehistory by Saint John De Crevecoeur For the first time in the history of the ASO an officer, Martha Otto, byOlafH. Prufer and Sara E. Pedde 14 was charged with malfeasance in office - conflict of interest with The Dunlap Mound and Ohio Adena Prehistory by D.R. Gehlbach ...16 regard to the cemetery bill - and asked to be removed. A two-thirds Comments on Boatstones by Leland W. Patterson 18 vote is required for removal but William Pickard, Laurie Pahdopony, What's the Kennewick Man Case Really About? Charles Fulk, Carl Szafranski and Steven Kish would not vote to by Cleone Hawkinson 20 remove her and it failed by one vote. Ohio Flint by Christopher Helman 22 William Pickard's Outburst A Delaware County Knife by Robert N. Converse 23 For the first time an officer, William Pickard, at the March A West Virginia Point Type in Ohio by Bob Byard 24 meeting, treated our members - including women and children - to The Hogue Collection — a Follow-up by Lar Hothem 26 a shouted outburst of foul language, including the f-word, when he A Stone Human Head Washed Up on the Bank of the Maumee heatedly confronted Trustee Jim Hovan about a constitutional River Near Grand Rapids After a Terrific Flood in 1959 amendment. During this shouting tirade Pickard referred to ASO by Claude Britt, Jr. 27 members as a "bunch of G__ D collectors who shouldn't be A Nineteenth Century Redware Pipe Possibly Manufactured at allowed to vote." Pickard, according to our constitution, is slated to Lancaster, Ohio by James L Murphy 28 be the next ASO President. An 1888 Find by Ken Simper 29 Passage of the HB 429 and its Endorsement by the OAC The Ross Bird and Ridged Gorget by Gene R. Edwards 30 New Web-site Address 31 For the first time in Ohio, a law against collectors was passed - A Response to Recent Editorials by Martha Potter Otto 31 secretly and with the approval of the Ohio Archaeological Council. To Set The Record Straight by Robert N. Converse 32 The passage of HB 429 - the cemetery bill - was a total surprise to To the Members of The Archaeological Society by Rocky Falleti... 33 eight members of our Board. Had we known of it, we could have easily defeated or shelved it. When we found out about it, it was An Auglaize County Birdstone by Shaun Place 34 already signed into law. An Indiana Knobbed Crescent Banner by Larry Dyer 34 A Strange Engraved Stone by Gene Veldhaus 35 Make no mistake about it. no matter how it is interpreted. HB A Preliminary Report on the Multicomponent Williams Site 429 is an anti-collector bill! The language used to promote its pas by Chris Osborne 36 sage was that it was needed to STOP TREASURE HUNTING! - A Find of Three Kentucky Caches by John Holsinger 38 and to prevent artifact hunters from robbing grave sites! A Greenbrier Point by Tony Clinton 38 Our Society has a long history of opposition to anti-collector bills A Rare Fluted Point by Frank Myers 39 and we have succeeded in stopping every one of them until HB 429 A Dovetail from Wayne County, Ohio by Steve Moystner 39 came along. Thus what made the passage of this insidious law Recent Field Finds from Darke County, Ohio by Elaine Holzapfel....39 even more of a surprise is the fact that four of our officers, Martha Mini-Session at the ASO Meeting by Elaine Holzapfel 40 Otto, Jeb Bowen, William Pickard and Laurie Pahdopony knew all A Message from the Treasurer by Gary Kapusta 40 about the bill but chose not to tell the rest of our Board about it! Letters To The Editor 41 This, despite the fact that at every Board meeting President Bud The 1999 Annual Converse Award 42 Tackett never failed to ask all our officers directly and repeatedly Earthworks: digital explorations of Ancient Newark Ohio 42 whether anyone knew of any proposed legislation or laws which An Award Winning Surface Find by Larry Nelson 42 might affect us.