C. G. Yeager

Arrowheads and Stone Artifacts, Third Edition

A Practical Guide for the Amateur Archaeologist

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Learn where to look for and how to identify and preserve your own collection of common and rare stone artifacts in this respected and ethical handbook.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: WestWinds Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9780871083333
• ISBN-10: 0871083337
• Artikelnr.: 45605087

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