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Most of these collectors were members of at least one amateur archaeological society, such as the Central States Archaeological Society or the Archaeological Society of Ohio. They hold meetings where collectors can gather to show and talk about their collections and new finds will often be displayed. |
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The amateur Archaeological societies also publish journals where many of the early collectors have illustrated their best artifacts. The earliest journals, like "The American Archaeologist" date to the late 1800's and were illustrated with crude line drawings. The more recent journals like the "Ohio Archaeologist" and the "Central States Archaeological Journal" are well illustrated with black & white and color photographs. |
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They say it's human nature to collect things. Even prehistoric cultures in North America have been known to have collected artifacts. Burial mounds have produced earlier cultural material that were collected and placed there by a later culture. Ancient projectile points have also been found in medicine bags of more recent southwestern native American Indian cultures. |
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Artifact collectors represent one of three large and separate categories or groups of people who handle and study Stone Age artifacts. The other two are the professional archaeologists and the flintknappers. Each group have very strong viewpoints and as expected, they don't necessarily agree. In the beginning, artifact collecting was a very simple procedure. It involved surface collecting a projectile point or knife blade in a field that was plowed by a horse. But, as the years have gone by, population, profit, human remains and even the internet have intensified the collecting issues. There is no doubt that the "ceremonial" objects made of clay and stone are the most impressive artifacts to many collectors. Just as there is also no doubt that the recorded surface collections will be the most important to science. |
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"REFERENCES"
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Wachtel, H. C., "Who's Who In Indian Relics No. 1," pp.
68-69. |
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