Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Albert E. Jenks
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1937
Type Site: Brown Valley site (21TR5), Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota
Identified By: Albert E. Jenks
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1937
Type Site: Brown Valley site (21TR5), Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota
Point Validity:
Valid type
Jenks was an economist receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. His passion became archaeology and he received his only formal training in archaeology from the Smithsonian Institute archaeologist. He went on to be a driving force for Minnesota Archaeology starting the first academically based archaeology program in 1932. He named this point in a professional publication and this type has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Jenks was an economist receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. His passion became archaeology and he received his only formal training in archaeology from the Smithsonian Institute archaeologist. He went on to be a driving force for Minnesota Archaeology starting the first academically based archaeology program in 1932. He named this point in a professional publication and this type has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Browns Valley Lanceolate
Cluster: Plano Lanceolate Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin medium to large lanceolate point with a flattened cross section. The blade is broad and excurvate with the widest portion of the blade being at the midpoint of the blade. The base ranges from straight to slightly concave and thinned using three or more vertical pressure flakes from each face. Heavy basal grinding is common on this point. This point is manufactured using even percussion flaking and fine pressure flaking forming a flaking pattern that vary from horizontal to parallel oblique. Some examples may have a random flaking pattern, but still a high quality of workmanship.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 60 to 114 mm (average 70 to 80 mm), Blade Width - 28 to 38 mm.
Total Length - 60 to 114 mm (average 70 to 80 mm), Blade Width - 28 to 38 mm.
Commonly Utilized Material:
High quality cherts and flints. Heat treatment is used on some examples.
High quality cherts and flints. Heat treatment is used on some examples.
Additional Comments:
This is a scare point with most examples coming from Minnesota. In Minnesota most examples have been found in the type site county (W2).
This is a scare point with most examples coming from Minnesota. In Minnesota most examples have been found in the type site county (W2).
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This is a rarely found point with the primary distribution being in the eastern grasslands just west of the Mississippi River Valley, from Minnesota down to Mississippi. The highest concentrations are reported in Minnesota.
This is a rarely found point with the primary distribution being in the eastern grasslands just west of the Mississippi River Valley, from Minnesota down to Mississippi. The highest concentrations are reported in Minnesota.
Age / Periods:
Date: 10,000 - 9,000 B.P.
Cultural Period:Transitional Paleo
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene
Culture:
Date: 10,000 - 9,000 B.P.
Cultural Period:Transitional Paleo
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
Morrow (2016) notes that a recent radiocarbon date from associated human skeletal remains at the Browns Valley Site is dated at approximately 9,000 B.P.
Morrow (2016) notes that a recent radiocarbon date from associated human skeletal remains at the Browns Valley Site is dated at approximately 9,000 B.P.
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Angostura, Angostura, Hell Gap, Midland, Milnesand, Plainview
Angostura, Angostura, Hell Gap, Midland, Milnesand, Plainview
