Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Louis A. Brennan
Named For: Town near type site
Date Identified: 1974
Type Site: Arden, Orange County, New York and several sites at the mouth of the Croton River.
Identified By: Louis A. Brennan
Named For: Town near type site
Date Identified: 1974
Type Site: Arden, Orange County, New York and several sites at the mouth of the Croton River.
Point Validity:
Collector type
Brennan was a respected self-taught archaeologist who did extensive work in the Lower Hudson River basin. He published over 53 professional articles. No professional references have been found for this type. There are multiple collector source references to this type. This is considered a collector type.
Brennan was a respected self-taught archaeologist who did extensive work in the Lower Hudson River basin. He published over 53 professional articles. No professional references have been found for this type. There are multiple collector source references to this type. This is considered a collector type.
Arden Corner Notch
(Collector Type)Cluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium (1 1/2 to 2 inches) triangular corner notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from straight to excurvate. The shoulders are slightly barbed with one shoulder commonly being rounded. The stem is expanding with a concave base. This point has a random flaking pattern
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 25 to 55 mm, Stem Length - 5 to 8 mm, Blade Width - 18 to 25 mm, Neck Width - 15 to 20 mm, Basal Width - 17 to 22 mm (slightly narrower than blade). (***based on small sample size***)
Total Length - 25 to 55 mm, Stem Length - 5 to 8 mm, Blade Width - 18 to 25 mm, Neck Width - 15 to 20 mm, Basal Width - 17 to 22 mm (slightly narrower than blade). (***based on small sample size***)
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Loyd Doty reports:
Loyd Doty reports:
ARDEN (Corner Notch) – was named by self taught archaeologist Louis Arthur Brennan for examples recovered from the type site near the town of Arden, Orange County, New York. They are small (1 ½ to 2”) often finely serrated projectiles or knives with barbed shoulders and expanded stems with concave bases. One barb may be weak and round while the other is pronounced. Distribution is New York and they were in use during the Early Archaic period. Reference: Brennan, Louis A. 1974. The Lower Hudson: A Decade of Shell Middens. Archaeology of Eastern North America 2 (1):81-93.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Lower Hudson River basin and into eastern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey.
This point is primarily found in the Lower Hudson River basin and into eastern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey.
Age / Periods:
Date: 7,000 - 6,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Date: 7,000 - 6,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Wells Bridge Corner Notch
Wells Bridge Corner Notch
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
