A guide to bannerstone types: butterfly, crescent, pick, tube, ovate, bottle, hourglass, Wisconsin wing and more, with how to tell them apart.
A guide to banded slate bannerstones: where banded slate came from, why Archaic carvers chose it, the forms made from it and what affects value.
A guide to quartz bannerstones: why quartz butterflies look different, clear, green and ferruginous quartz, how they were made and what affects their value.
How to identify a winged bannerstone: Wisconsin wings, butterflies and clipped wings, the stones they were carved from, where they are found and their value.
How to identify a notched ovate bannerstone: single and double-notched ovates, northern and southern ovates, where they are found and what affects value.
How to identify a tube bannerstone: round, oval, square and fluted tubes, Benton phase "covered wagon" tubulars from Mississippi, and what affects value.
How to identify a pick bannerstone: the curved and straight pick forms, the Stanly culture of North Carolina, Northeast curved picks and what affects value.
How to identify a crescent bannerstone: single, double and knobbed crescents, how they differ from picks, where they are found and what affects their value.
What is a bannerstone? A complete guide to these Archaic Native American artifacts: their age, uses, types, materials, identification and value.
Explore the history of the atlatl spear-thrower, how bannerstones may have served as atlatl weights and why this ancient hunting tool matters.