American Indian Axes and Related Stone Artifacts

by Lar Hothem

This is the only book available, designed for collectors, about prehistoric Indian axes. The author of the popular four-volume Indian Artifacts of the Midwest series has brought back this title for a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891453946
• ISBN13: 9780891453949
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Collector Books
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Real good reference for hardstone axes

If you are wanting to learn more about axes than this book is a great one to start with. Not real expensive, and has lots of info. Andy

The premier reference for collectors

Now in a fully updated, expanded, and profusely illustrated second edition, Lar Hothem's Indian Axes & Related Stone Artifacts: Identification & Values continues to be the premier reference for collectors, dealers, archaeologists, and museum curators, as well as students of Native American culture and artifacts. Beginning with an informative chart (Prehistoric Periods in North America) and introduction, individual chapters are dedicated to: Axe Development in Prehistoric America; Materials Used For Axes; How Axes Were Made; The Full-Grove Axe; The Three-Quarter Groove Axe; The Half-Grove Axe; Fluted Axes; Barbed Axes; Trophy Axes; Salvaged Axes; Celts - Ungrooved Axes; Spatulas and Spuds; What Axes Were Used For; Axe Facts; The Adz; Archaic and Woodland Adzes; Chisels; Gouges; Other Prehistoric Tools; Hematite Artifacts; Copper Artifacts; Trade-Era Artifacts; Axe Value Factors; Fake Axes - The Problem; Axes As Art Objects; Acquisition Guidelines; Finding Axes - How, When, and Where; Axe Collecting - The Future; and Axes In The Past.