Newly re-formatted, The Overstreet Indian Arrowheads Identification and price guide, sixth edition, puts regional information at your fingertips quickly and easily. With the thumbnail guides and thousands of completely new photos, identification is a snap. This comprehensive guide now provides the broadest coverage ever and includes: More types and more regions How to buy authentic relics Up-to-date regional market reports Tips on grading Dazzling color section Over 900 pages Over 5,000 actual-size illustrations Chronology of early man A special up-to-the-minute article on lithics by John Grenawalt
Arrowheads are still being found everywhere in rural America. It is not surprising that point collecting has become more popular than ever! This sixth edition of The Overstreet Indian Arrowheads Identification and Price Guide includes the latest discoveries and the most up-to-date reference on the subject.
THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARD FOR ALL INDIAN ARROWHEAD COLLECTORS Are you looking for insight, understanding, and page after page of information? If so, let the dean of arrowhead collectors, Robert M. Overstreet, take you on a guided tour of this exciting hobby and the history it represents in The Official Overstreet Indian Arrowheads Identification and Price Guide, Fourteenth Edition! This newly revised edition is packed with thousands of photographs of arrowheads from all over the United States, including Alaska. Illustrations guide the reader to the understanding of arrowhead types, manufacturing, grading, materials, and more. It is a hands-on education to everything about arrowheads all in one book. For almost three decades, there has been only one authoritative resource for experienced enthusiasts and beginners alike. Collectors, dealers, and historians agree: The Official Overstreet Indian Arrowheads Identification and Price Guide is the best book of its kind! • More than 12,000 actual-size photographs covering hundreds of point types • A full color section with photographs of some of the finest points • Special sections on how to grade, identify, and catalog your points • Revised pricing to reflect the current marketplace • Large format • Featuring 10 geographic sections • Includes an expanded tour of the Museum of Native American History • An introduction to arrowhead hunter-collector "Turtleman" who is the star of the Animal Planet TV series Call of the Wildman • An inspiring look at several collectors and their personal collections
Price guide to Indian arrowheads. Offers the actual-size, pictures, giving collectors an enormous advantage in identifying and valuing their arrowheads.
The Ultimate Guide to Indian Arrowheads! Long considered the Bible of arrowhead collecting, The Official Overstreet Indian Arrowheads Identification and Price Guide is an encyclopedic guide to projectile points found in the contiguous United States, as well as Alaska. Featuring more than 12,000 images of points from 10 distinct geographical regions, readers gain an understanding of arrowhead types, manufacturing, grading, materials and values. A substantial and massive reference unmatched in the marketplace, The Official Overstreet Indian Arrowheads Identification and Price Guide is the most respected book on the subject. • Hands-on reference to everything arrowheads all in one book: arrowhead types, manufacturing, grading materials, values • 12,000 actual size photographs covering hundreds of point types • Special sections on how to grade, identify and catalog your points • Covers arrowheads found from throughout the United States including Alaska
"A leading expert and dedicated collector, Robert M. Overstreet has been writing The Official Overstreet Identification and Price Guide to Indian Arrowheads for more than 21 years. This definitive guide has become the go-to reference in the field for collectors and dealers alike, offering a personal roadmap to a better understanding of the hobby and the amazing history it represents."--Provided by publisher.
The passage of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) in 1979 was a watershed moment in the movement to protect cultural objects against looting. This brief volume provides practical help to those who wish to use the provisions of ARPA_archaeologists, government land managers, preservation groups, and attorneys_to maximize its protective net. The distinguished group of authors, all veterans of ARPA enforcement efforts, first provides a comprehensive history of passage of the law and highlights some key cases that shaped its impact. Other chapters offer concrete instructions on establishing archaeological valuation and assessing damage to cultural sites. A final section provides a menu of legal strategies now available for use to strengthen and extend the provisions of the law. For cultural resource professionals working under ARPA's provisions, this book will be an invaluable, guide for daily practice.
