C. G. Yeager

Arrowheads and Stone Artifacts, Third Edition (eBook, PDF)

A Practical Guide for the Amateur Archaeologist

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This practical, down-to-earth guide for surface collectors of arrowheads and stone artifacts 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 artifacts; how to identify artifacts; where surface collecting is permissible; starting and caring for your own collection. With more than fifty new photographs and illustrations of common and rare artifacts, this book is the perfect addition to libraries of amateur archaeologists thirsty for knowledge about preserving and interpreting the remains of a prehistoric culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780871083326
• Artikelnr.: 47875075

Autorenporträt

C.G. Yeager of Loveland, Colorado, is a lawyer, author, musician, and artist with a lifelong interest in archaeology, agriculture, Western history, rodeo, traditional country music, and baseball. Educated in agricultural business, economics, and law, he was a former law clerk for the United States District Court, District of Wyoming, and is a US Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. In addition, Yeager has been a member of the Loveland Archaeological Society, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the past thirty years, almost half of those years as chairman of the Loveland Stone Age Fair.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Amateur Archaeologists
Code of Ethics Chapter 2 Antiquity Laws
Is Your Activity Legal? Chapter 3 Why Look for Artifacts? Chapter 4 The
Flint
Materials Chapter 5 How Artifacts Were Made Chapter 6 Arrowhead, Spearpoint, or Knife? Chapter 7 Stone Artifacts Chapter 8 Where Artifacts Are Found Chapter 9 How to Hunt Artifacts Chapter 10 Modern-Day Flintknapping Chapter 11 Documentation and Preservation Chapter 12 Organizations and Activities Glossary Recommended Reading Bibliography Meet the Author Index