Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Gary Fogelman
Named For: County in Pennsylvania
Date Identified: 1988
Type Site:
Identified By: Gary Fogelman
Named For: County in Pennsylvania
Date Identified: 1988
Type Site:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Fogelman has written many professional books including the Pennsylvania Fluted Point Survey. Professional references are limited, but may be due to a small distribution area or few number of examples. This may be a seldom used name, but it is a valid type.
Adams County Lobed
Cluster: Rice Lobed Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular bifurcated point with a flattened to elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight. The shoulders are commonly horizontal, but may range to having a slightly upward angel. The stem is expanding with pronounced lobes. The basal ears are commonly rounded. Basal grinding may be seen on this point. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 34 to 55 mm, Stem Length - 12 to 15 mm, Blade Width - 25 to 30 mm, Stem Width - 22 to 28 mm, Neck Width - 16 to 24 mm (***based on small sample size***)
Total Length - 34 to 55 mm, Stem Length - 12 to 15 mm, Blade Width - 25 to 30 mm, Stem Width - 22 to 28 mm, Neck Width - 16 to 24 mm (***based on small sample size***)
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the mid to upper Susquehanna River Valley. This point is a variant of the Susquehanna Bifurcated so it may have a limited presence in the same distribution as that type.
This point is primarily found in the mid to upper Susquehanna River Valley. This point is a variant of the Susquehanna Bifurcated so it may have a limited presence in the same distribution as that type.
Age / Periods:
Date: 8,500 - 8,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Early Holocene
Culture:
Date: 8,500 - 8,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Early Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
Hranicky reports this point as Late Archaic, but Bifurcated Technology is consistent with the Early Archaic period. This type appears to be a variant of the Susquehanna Valley point which has been dated to the Early Archaic period.
Hranicky reports this point as Late Archaic, but Bifurcated Technology is consistent with the Early Archaic period. This type appears to be a variant of the Susquehanna Valley point which has been dated to the Early Archaic period.
Other points in this cluster / Related points:
MacCorkle, Rice Lobed, Southampton, St, Albans, Susquehanna Valley
MacCorkle, Rice Lobed, Southampton, St, Albans, Susquehanna Valley
