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County Line Rd., Johnstown, OH NEW BUSINESS OFFICE SugarcreePHONEk ValleNUMBEy ChapteRr 1-800-736-781President:5 Tom Hornbrook, 4665 Carmont Ave., SW, Navarre, OH TOLL FREE TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITORIAL In the last issue of the Ohio Archaeologist an article by David Kuhn Editorial by Robert N. Converse 3 (page 43) detailed the provisions of House Bill 429. At the time of publi cation neither Dave Kuhn nor I knew that this bill had already been The Missing Portage Along The Portage: A Curious Artifact and passed into law, a fact which was discovered when we communicated Historic Occupations in the Sandusky Bay Region with our legislators. Aside from the embarrassment of your Editor in by Jason M. Koralewski and Michelle L Guckeyson 5 warning against a bill which was in fact already a law, it is disconcerting that most of our officers were unaware of its presentation to the legisla Slate Artifacts from the St. Johns End Moraine at St. Johns, ture and subsequent passage. Auglaize County, Ohio by Claude Britt, Jr. 9 Many of us then contacted our representatives, some face to face, Banding Determines Shape by Ken Simper 10 and were told that this bill was formulated and steered through the legis lature by the Ohio Archaeological Council and the Ohio Preservation Arlington H. Mallery and The Green-Glazed Rocks of Office in concert with two or three people professing to be "native Ameri cans". Ross County, Ohio by Claude Britt, Jr. 11 Apparently neither the Archaeological Council nor the Ohio Preserva A Slate Owl Effigy by Jim Miller 14 tion Office considers the Archaeological Society of Ohio, and its nearly 3,000 members, of sufficient importance to be included in the formula An Old Ross County Collection by LarHothem 15 tion of a bill which could have serious consequences for avocationalists, surface collectors, farmers and landowners. Hopewell Cache Blades From Jackson County It is interesting to note that the handful of people representing them selves to be "native Americans" have much more influence with the Ohio by Tom McCollister 16 Archaeological Council and the Ohio Preservation Office than does The Phillip Kientz Pottery Sherds by Claude Britt, Jr. 18 Archaeological Society of Ohio whose membership outnumbers all the archaeologists and "native Americans" in Ohio ten to one. Small Point: Huge Find at Sheriden Cave (33Wy252) The passage of this bill has caused many of us to reconsider our rela by Paul J. Barans, Philip Cossentino, Elaine Dowd, Larry L Morris, tionship with the Ohio Archaeological Council, a group of professional Garry L. Summers, Carl Szafranski, Marcia Willaman, archaeologists, and the Ohio Preservation Office who sponsored this bill. Richard Willaman 21 The relationship of the Archaeological Society of Ohio with OAC and The Paumier-Tussing Mill Site OPO has been understandably less than cordial since we are often char acterized as unethical pothunters and looters against whom laws such as by Stephen J. Parker 22 House Bill 429 should be enacted. For example, we have never had a representative of our Society invited to an OAC meeting to discuss our A Large Early Adena Blade by Robert J. Davis 25 differences nor has the Ohio Preservation Office, which one would pre Trophy Axe by Elaine Holzapfel 25 sume is supposed to represent all Ohioans, ever given us any more than token recognition. Thus we are excluded from deliberations on proposed Three Artifacts From Western Ohio by Richard Puterbaugh 26 laws which may affect us most. Perhaps those from the OAC and OPO who gave testimony on this bill An Adena Quadriconcave Gorget 27 indicated to the legislature that they speak for, or on the behalf of, the A Chlorite Bannerstone 27 Archaeological Society of Ohio or for the general archaeological public. Let me state unequivocally that they do not represent us and do not The Baker Cache by Charles E. Carroll 28 speak for us. While this bill is promoted as protecting "cemeteries", it has as one of The Flint Ridge Shelter House Project by Bobby Williams 30 its agendas a hidden purpose. Ohio is one of the few states which does not have Indian gambling casinos. A letter from the Indian gaming asso An Adams County Birdstone by Randy Van Hoose 31 ciation states that since Ohio has so many mounds and Indian sites it is From Our Old Files by Robert N. Converse 31 only a matter of time until "Indian claims" are recognized and gambling The Newcomerstown High School Site casinos become a reality.