Arrowheads and Stone Artifacts: A Practical Guide for the Amateur Archaeologist (The Pruett Series) - Softcover

Yeager, C.G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871089122 ISBN 13: 9780871089120

Publisher: WestWinds Press, 2000

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Acknowledged by the late Dr. H. M. Wormington as "very helpful for amateurs who truly care about archaeology," the nationally recognized Arrowheads & Stone Artifacts that has sold more than 50,000 copies is now revised, with a foreword written by Dr. George Frison, Professor Emeritus University of Wyoming and Paleoarchaeologist of the Century.

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.

Author C. G. Yeager 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 second edition is the perfect addition to libraries of amateur archaeologists thirsty for knowledge about preserving and interpreting the remains of a prehistoric culture.

About the Author:

C. G. Yeager is an archaeologist by avocation, having been a student for more than forty years.

About this edition

• Publisher: WestWinds Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0871089122
• ISBN 13: 9780871089120
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 248