The Overstreet Indian Arrowheads Identification And Price Guide, 6th Edition (Official Overstreet Indian Arrowhead Identification and Price Guide) [Mass Market Paperback]

Robert M. Overstreet (Author)

Book Description

Series: Official Overstreet Indian Arrowhead Identification and Price Guide | Publication Date: July 1, 1999

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

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About the Author

Robert M. Overstreet has been collecting arrowheads since his childhood. He lives with his wife, Carol, outside of Baltimore, Maryland.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 972 pages
• Publisher: Avon; 6 edition (July 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380807815
• ISBN-13: 978-0380807819
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,818,154 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for Learning, April 21, 2000

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This review is from: The Overstreet Indian Arrowheads Identification And Price Guide, 6th Edition (Official Overstreet Indian Arrowhead Identification and Price Guide) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have enjoyed my copy of this book, finding it particularly helpful in typing points, though not as much so in valuing. In response to the kind reader from Mass., all the point hunters I know, myself included, only hunt sites that are already culturally & historically ruined (i.e. plowed fields), with express permission of the private landowner. We don't go looking for burial mounds,etc. With regards to points being a non-renewable resource, true. BUT, I know of several fields that have been hunted for easily 100 years, and still produce points with each plowing. Many sites were in use as camp or village sites for literally thousands of years. I respectfully suggest that the kind reader turn attention more to construction sites and new road projects when looking for where true historical sites are being desecrated and ignored. Often, these sites are "overlooked" to avoid having projects put on extended (read here, expensive years) hold while the site is thoroughly researched. Happy Hunting!

3.0 out of 5 stars disappointed at quality of shape of book, January 2, 2011

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This review is from: The Overstreet Indian Arrowheads Identification And Price Guide, 6th Edition (Official Overstreet Indian Arrowhead Identification and Price Guide) (Mass Market Paperback)

I was pleased that this book came so quickly, but quite dismayed to see the very very creased front of the book (almost so much as to just tear off). I had been also under the impression that this was a later edition of the book, and it was 14 years old. The contents of the book are very interesting, but who cares about prices from 14 years ago?? I should have checked to see the year it was published.

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally a thorough VISUAL guide to arrowheads!!!, July 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Overstreet Indian Arrowheads Identification And Price Guide, 6th Edition (Official Overstreet Indian Arrowhead Identification and Price Guide) (Mass Market Paperback)

Great book! Many, many pictures from all regions including the NE. The best book I've found for a vast array of artifacts, many styles, examples etc. A great help for the novice collector! Many great ads for arrowhead sites on the web as well. Finally a visual guide to "see" actual pieces not just sketches!