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Converse ...$25.00 add $5.00 P-H President: Richard Henry, 685 Miller Rd., Waterford, OH 45786 (740) 984-2199 BUSINESS MANAGER Peggy Potter, 6478 Winchester Blvd., Suite 120, Canal Winchester, OH 43110 Business Phone 1-800-736-7815 ASO WEBSITE - www.ohioarch.org TABLE OF CONTENTS PRESIDENT'S PAGE President's Page 3 Front Cover Information 3 What Can the Flying Head Still Tell Us? by Stanley W. Baker 4 Mick Van Steen Three Hopewell Bird Effigy Pipes From Squier & Davis1 Collection in the British Museum by Michael Rusnak 8 The Goodfellow Home Site, Clark County In this issue of the Ohio Archaeologist is another article by tireless scholar, by Jim Bartlett 12 researcher and writer Mike Rusnak. Through his contacts with the British Artifacts From Destroyed Sites by Bill Lamantia 17 Museum and Dr. Barbara Harkness of Kent State University we are privileged A Large Sandstone Artifact From Near Fort Ancient to present some of Ohio's most priceless Hopewell artifacts from the by Alan Day, Eric W. Law and Dirk Morgan 18 Squier and Davis collection. These are considered to be among the finest Personal Finds by Rob Greer 21 artistic artifacts in the New World. The images are copyrighted by the Artifacts From An Old Collection Trustees of the British Museum and cannot be reproduced without their by Larry Swann 22 express permission. They are used in this publication with permission The Total Solar Eclipses of 957 and 985 A.D. And the Serpent Mound Effigy under their terms and conditions. We thank them for the opportunity to by Hal Povenmire 23 share them with the people of Ohio. European Cave Bears by Jim Mills 24 A Vintage Picture of Part of the Wehrle Collection by Robert Converse 25 Sands Hill Zaleski Flint Quarry Mutt Located in Richland Township, Vinton County, Ohio by Richard Walker 26 Mick Van Steen, President It Took Me 20 Years, But I Finally Found One! by Brian Mickey 30 A Knox County Effigy Paint Cup by Doug Stowers 31 Two Grooved Adzes by Ernie Riley 31 Front Cover Two Madison County Artifacts by Bob Montgomery 32 This is the third issue of the Ohio Archaeologist featuring artifacts from the A Crawford County Painted Pendant Peabody and British Museums, most of which have never been published by Gary Wagner 32 in full color. We thank both the Peabody Museum and the Directors of the Biconcave Slate Bars by Ron Thiebeau 33 British Museum for permission to share these priceless Ohio artifacts with A Reworked Adena Point our readers. The two Hopewell effigy pipes on the cover are part of the by Raymond A. Yoder 33 A Vintage Photograph of a Darke County Collection famous Squier and Davis collection which were collected in the mid-1800s by Elaine Holzapfel 34 and are now in the British Museum. The top pipe is called a heron and the A Madison County Miniature Pendant bottom example is a raptorial bird. These unique pipes are the epitome of by Doug Stowers 34 A Variety of Ohio Artifacts prehistoric art and are carved so faithfully that modem experts are able to by Col. Matthew W. Nahorn 35 tell the exact species represented. More on these and other artifacts from ASO Summer Show Marks Johnny Appleseed Chapter Anniversary the British Museum can be seen on pages 8 through 11 in this issue.