Customer Reviews

Paleo-Indian Artifacts

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A very good reference guide for Paleo items. This is an area that needed attention. The author, Mr. Hothem, admits that most of the artifacts featured are East of the Rockies. This was very disapointing for those of us out West, as we too have numerous Paleo sites and artifacts. I still enjoyed the read, which featured excellent photographs. I also believe that there could have been more details in the introduction sections of each area of study. Overall, I would highly recommend this text to all artifact collectors.

Not only collectors but archaeologists will want to have this basic reference on hand: it outlines all kinds of Native American artifacts and pairs excellent color photos of lanceolates, paleo tools, and uniface blades with discussions of values and descriptions of features. A very specific, outstanding guide for any who would collect or categorize paleo-Indian artifacts.

Covers all classifications of Paleo, transitional paleo and related tools. Not enough western stuff for me. Hundreds of great pics, I have not counted, maybe a thousand. More clovis than you can shake a stick at. Very very few obvious fakes.
Well worth the little bit of money. Gives history when available, CoA's issused, auction prices when applicable. Best book out there for Paleo.

This is a BEAUTIFUL book, and well-worth the relatively low Amazon price. However, there are some flaws in it, which might make its usefulness a tad questionable to serious students of Paleo-Indian artifact values and identities. Several pictures are incorrectly ID'ed (see page 6 and 7...the same picture is used for a fluted point and a clovis point. The same thing happens on page 97. This is probably the result of carelessness on the part of the type/image setter, not the author, but it does make one wonder. The images are spectacular (and I'd give my eye-teeth to find any ONE of them), so ignore my carping and purchase this book. It is huge and loaded with full-color photos of points and tools that will make your mouth water. I want to go to Ohio and hunt for artifacts!

Finding lots of scrapers and an arrowhead on our property got my wife and I curious about who made these artifacts and when. This book is a fantastic resource for learning about how to classify Paleo-Indian artifacts and should definitely be in the library of anyone who wants to know more about them. It's slightly off-putting that the prices of many pieces are included, obviously catering to the proliferation of commercial interests. But that's a purely personal opinion.
Excellent book!
Buy it!

Being a collector of Indian artifacts and coming from a family of the same, I think this book is awesome. It is informative and, with the pictures and values given, makes a great resource for the information I was looking for. I had great fun looking up and matching the pictures to the artifacts that I had found in our area of Wyoming. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in artifacts.

Once the reader is able to get by the occasional editorial oversight, any serious student, artifact collector or just someone interested in Paleo-Indian/Native American artifacts will find this book an excellent and most enjoyable resource. It is both easy to read as well as full of pictures of these hard to find artifacts. Beautifully photographed...that in itself makes it worth sitting down and enjoying.

I was completely dissapointed in this book. On the pro side: it has a lot of pretty pictures and is hardbound. That is about it. It has no technical merit, nor is there any organization to it. It is simply a mosaic of photographs many of which are subjective as to whether they are truley paleo or not, and they do not represent all paleo tools equally. You will have to work to find examples of redstones here. It may be suitable as a coffee table nicknack, but as a reference or good read....Zzzzzz.

As previous critiquer noted there is an error in the book RIGHT OFF THE BAT! Could ANYONE have proofread this and missed it? It made me not trust the rest of the book, valid as it might be.