Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Leon G. Kramer
Named For:
Date Identified: 1947
Type Site:
Identified By: Leon G. Kramer
Named For:
Date Identified: 1947
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Valid type
Kramer is an anthropologist who specialized in archaeology of the Ohio River Valley. He named this point in a professional publication and this type has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Kramer is an anthropologist who specialized in archaeology of the Ohio River Valley. He named this point in a professional publication and this type has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Bottleneck Stemmed
AKA: Apple Blossom StemmedCluster: Table Rock Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular expanding stemmed point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with wide round notches. The shoulders are most commonly sloping upwards, but some examples may have horizontal shoulders. The stem may vary from slightly expanding to expanding. The base is convex with rounded basal corners. Heavy basal grinding is common. This point has a random flaking pattern and commonly has fine pressure flaking.
Size Measurements:
Total Length -25 to 75 mm (average 45 to 50 mm), Stem Length - 14 to 25 mm, Blade Width - 20 to 30 mm, Neck Width - 10 to 16 mm, Stem Width - 16 to 22 mm
Total Length -25 to 75 mm (average 45 to 50 mm), Stem Length - 14 to 25 mm, Blade Width - 20 to 30 mm, Neck Width - 10 to 16 mm, Stem Width - 16 to 22 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Justice (2002), identifies the difference between the Table Rock and the Bottleneck point as the Table Rock is larger, wider, and less defined. He states that this point may have evolved from the Matanzas point.
Waldorf and Waldorf (1987), feels that the Table Rock and the Bottleneck point may be the same point, or that the Bottleneck point may be a regional variant of the Table Rock point.
The University of Minnesota identify the Table Rock as a larger thicker point while the Bottleneck point are smaller with large round notches and with finer pressure flaking. They list the distribution of the Table Rock as being further west and the distribution of the Bottleneck as being further east.
Justice (2002) feels that Apple Blossom Stemmed points from the Koster Site were incorrectly typed and were Bottleneck type points. The two types may represent a continuum of the same type.
Justice (2002), identifies the difference between the Table Rock and the Bottleneck point as the Table Rock is larger, wider, and less defined. He states that this point may have evolved from the Matanzas point.
Waldorf and Waldorf (1987), feels that the Table Rock and the Bottleneck point may be the same point, or that the Bottleneck point may be a regional variant of the Table Rock point.
The University of Minnesota identify the Table Rock as a larger thicker point while the Bottleneck point are smaller with large round notches and with finer pressure flaking. They list the distribution of the Table Rock as being further west and the distribution of the Bottleneck as being further east.
Justice (2002) feels that Apple Blossom Stemmed points from the Koster Site were incorrectly typed and were Bottleneck type points. The two types may represent a continuum of the same type.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the mid to upper Mississippi River valley and into the Ohio River valley and Missouri River valley.
This point is primarily found in the mid to upper Mississippi River valley and into the Ohio River valley and Missouri River valley.
Age / Periods:
Date: 4,000 - 3,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Date: 4,000 - 3,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Age Details:
