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

Yeager, C.G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871083310 ISBN 13: 9780871083319

Publisher: WestWinds Press, 2016

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, and how to start and care for your own collection. With more than fifty new photographs and illustrations of common and rare artifacts in this new edition, Arrowheads and Stone Artifacts 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 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: WestWinds Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0871083310
• ISBN 13: 9780871083319
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 236