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
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.
"Beyond his good advice about searching for stone artifacts, Yeager
even tells you how to make your own stone tools. After you spend
some time with this book, no walk will ever be the same."
--Colorado Central Magazine
"Very helpful for amateurs who truly care about archaeology." –Dr.
H. M. Wormington renowned archaeologist
“Offers the serious avocational a directive for pursuing an
interest and at the same time contributing in positive ways to the
scientific descriptions of archaeology.” –George Carr Frison,
Paleoarchaeologist of the Century Award winner
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