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Arrowheads & Stone Artifacts: A Practical Guide for the Amateur Archaeologist
- Paperback
- Edition: 2
- Author: C. G. Yeager
- Publisher: Pruett Publishing Company
- Release Date: September 2000
- ISBN-10: 0871089122
- ISBN-13: 9780871089120
- List Price: $16.95
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryThis practical, down-to-earth guide for surface collectors of arrowheads and stone artefacts is designed especially for amateur archaeologists and people interested in learning how to study and collect artifacts safely and responsibly. The author reveals invaluable tips on: where to look for artefacts; how to identify artefacts; where surface collecting is permissible; starting and caring for your own collection. With more than fifty new photographs and illustrations of common and rare artefacts, this book is the perfect addition to libraries of amateur archaeologists thirsty for knowledge about preserving and interpreting the remains of a prehistoric culture. |
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Terry Baxter of WesternArtifacts.com says:
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This one is a MUST HAVE for serious artifact hunters or for those who aspire to be... it's the ABSOLUTE BEST guide for finding ancient arrowheads and artifacts. The reason I like this one best is because it first educates the reader about all sorts of artifacts, with lots of photos; it explains what they look like and what they were used for, etc... just so you'll know "what" to look for out in the field. It then goes on to give information about the types of ancient sites, AND how to locate them !(I also like it because it's VERY inexpensive, for the information it imparts.)
Sincerely,
Terry Baxter
WesternArtifacts.com
Good Artifact Book
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This book by Mr. Yeager is easy to read and is well thought out. I use it frequently to identify different artifacts that I come across. However, I wish that the point identification chart used actual photo examples rather than line drawings as the drawings are hard to use for identification purposes. Overall a very good artifact book for those interested in surface collecting.
Limited use for those in the East
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If you live out West, this will be be a fairly decent volume on arrowheads, however for those in the East, it has minimal value.
I recommend buying the Overstreet guide
Good Guide for Beginners
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This is book is great for exactly those it was written for. Its a guide to those wishing to learn from the very begging about LEGALLY finding (not plundering)and indentifying Native American artifacts. No more,no less. Those that feel this is anything else are likely those individuals who never actually READ a book, but only glance at a page or two and then proceeded to take the entire book out of context.
Experience with exploration and the need for a firearm.
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True, you should respect the people and the land. There are many great areas in Arizona, and other states, where carrying at least a sidearm is not only legal, but expected, especially when out in a "wilderness" setting. Proper training on the safe use of a firearm is an absolute, and should not be taken lightly. The carry and ready use of a firearm is legal and better for all persons in the party. To carry does not mean that you have to wear a pistol on your hip at all times, or a shotgun or rifle slung over your shoulder, but readily accessible such as stored in a nearby in a vehicle or backpack. Check with local, county and state laws to ensure compliance with open carry/concealed carry ordinances/laws. I can speak from personal experience, when walking terrain in some eastern states and certainly the western and southwestern states you may encounter wildlife such as rattlesnakes, coyote, javalina (wild pig/boar) and in higher terrain you may even encounter bear or cougar or jaguar. At a minimum a small caliber pistol with snakeshot is a must, but a medium round with 10mm or higher is recommended, while a 45 cal. or larger is an absolute for larger wildlife, such as big cats and bears. The chance of encounter is slim, but why leave it to chance? I have never needed to use my firearms, but have had my personal firearms on hand during encounters with the local wildlife, as well as illegal immigrants, drug runners and other possibly ill willed persons, and my family and all members of our party have returned with only the encounter to speak of. The author should have stated this, and I have found this to be the rule, that local ranchers and landowners should be contacted before entering their land, period, and at this time you should notify them that you will be carrying a firearm. Most ranchers and landowners understand the risk, and if they are willing to let you on their land at all, appreciate you carrying a firearm and ask only that you do not fire on, or in the direction of their livestock, or other property. Even local and county law enforcement state that the use of a firearm may be necessary, and if you deem it so that you fire in a safe direction -not in the direction of persons, homes, property, or livestock.
I think that the author has made a poor statement that a firearm should not be carried at all. Proper training should be attained prior to carry and use, but a firearm may be the one thing that gives the archaeologist/adventurer/hiker a great story vice becoming a statistic or a regretful memory.
I do not mean to sound like a nay sayer, quite the contrary. Get out and enjoy the beautiful earth that God has given us. Leave nothing, that you have some control over, to chance. There is much to see, I'll see you out there!
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