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Colvin 12 The Mattie Stewart Site, Harrison County the British Museum and Dr. Barbara Harkness of Kent State University we by John Vargo 13 A Rare Bannerstone byRickWaibel 18 are privileged to present for the first time in full color, some of Ohio's most Three Fine Flints by Dan Schleich. If priceless Hopewell artifacts from the Squier and Davis collection. These A Full Grooved Axe from Putnam County 19 sculptures are considered to be among the finest artistic artifacts in the A Recently Found Hopewell Monitor Pipe by D.R. Gehlbach 20 New World and are presented here for the first time in full color. Professor A Moravian Clay Pipe from Grape Vine Town, Belmont County, Ohio by James L Murphy 21 Harkness studied the collection many years ago and some of the pictures More Exfoliated Axes by Dale Roberts 24 were taken by her. The balance were obtained from the British Museum by A Fine Trophy Axe from Seneca/Wyandot County by Todd Harding 25 Mike Rusnak. They are copyrighted by the Board of Trustees of the British Personal Stone Collection Found in Licking County by Fred Groseclose/Tom Debolt 26 Museum and cannot be reproduced without their express permission. We Flint Ridge Artifacts from the Copeland Collection by Robert W. Morris 27 thank them for the opportunity to share them with the people of Ohio. Artifacts I Have Found by Rob Greer 28 An Exfoliated Plummet by Robert Mohr 28 /Z*/£^L The "Lost" Barnesville Track Rock Mick Van Steen, President by James L. Murphy 29 Three Small Fractured Base Points by Robert N. Converse 30 A Pentagonal Hardstone Pendant from Illinois by Bruce Filbrandt 35 The Rapp Site: A Late Archaic Site in Scioto County, Ohio by Mark E. Kuhn 36 A Double Crescent Bannerstone Preform by Terry Elleman 42 Colorful Pentagonal Points Exhibited at the May ASO Show by Michael Rusnak 43 Back Cover Information 44 Front Cover Top Image: A view of a Hopewell effigy pipe depicting what is interpreted as a Toucan. Front Cover Bottom Image: A Photograph from the British Museum of the raptorial bird pipe. 3 BIRD EFFIGY PIPES OF THE OHIO HOPEWELL: MOVEMENT AND LIFE IN STONE British Museum Photographs Reveal Squier and Davis Artifacts by Michael Rusnak 4642 Friar Rd. Stow, OH 44224 [email protected] At once they appear both down to In a subsequent interview, she dis­ and figure 11 is a sketch of the pipe from earth and sublime. They hold a sense of cussed some of her impressions of the Flint Chips, a book published as a guide motion, of liveliness, and of simple delight. Squier and Davis collection, including the of the Blackmore Museum. The British Fresh photographs of these remarkable animal effigy pipes.