Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Charles E. Cleland and Richard Peske
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1968
Type Site: Spider Cave Site, Burnt Bluff Caves, Delta County, Michigan
Identified By: Charles E. Cleland and Richard Peske
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1968
Type Site: Spider Cave Site, Burnt Bluff Caves, Delta County, Michigan
Point Validity:
Provisional type
Cleland is a distinguished anthropologist and Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University. He received the 2012 Distinguished Career Award. Peske was an archaeologist and an instructor / counselor at the University of Wisconsin. He studied the effects of climate change on prehistoric cultures of Wisconsin. This type was named in a professional publication, but has limited professional references to this type. This is considered a provisional type needed greater professional recognition.
Burnt Bluff Corner Notch
(Provisional Type)Cluster: Snyders Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular corner notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade ranges from slightly excurvate tot straight. The blade is generally short and wide. The shoulders vary from horizontal to having a slightly upward angle. The stem is expanding with a convex base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
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Additional Comments:
These points may have served many different purposes from knives to scrappers or points to ceremonial objects. The Snyders point has many different variations that served different purposes or covered different time spans. It is felt that the Hopewell and Snyders points may have been used in ceremonial purposes while the Affis Snyders point and the Manker point and other smaller variations may have been daily use points. (W2).
This type has limited references. This may be due to the overlapping characteristics with other Snyders type points which makes this type difficult to distinguish from other Snyder types.
These points may have served many different purposes from knives to scrappers or points to ceremonial objects. The Snyders point has many different variations that served different purposes or covered different time spans. It is felt that the Hopewell and Snyders points may have been used in ceremonial purposes while the Affis Snyders point and the Manker point and other smaller variations may have been daily use points. (W2).
This type has limited references. This may be due to the overlapping characteristics with other Snyders type points which makes this type difficult to distinguish from other Snyder types.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily recognized in the Wabash Valley of southeastern Illinois, Indiana, and into western Ohio. They have been reported into southern Ohio and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. However, they may have the same distribution as the Snyders type.
This point is primarily recognized in the Wabash Valley of southeastern Illinois, Indiana, and into western Ohio. They have been reported into southern Ohio and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. However, they may have the same distribution as the Snyders type.
Age / Periods:
Date: 2,500 - 1,500 B.P.
Cultural Period:Late Archaic to Woodland
Glacial Period: Roman Warm
Culture: Hopewell Culture
Date: 2,500 - 1,500 B.P.
Cultural Period:Late Archaic to Woodland
Glacial Period: Roman Warm
Culture: Hopewell Culture
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