Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Dena Dincauze
Named For:
Date Identified: 1968
Type Site:
Identified By: Dena Dincauze
Named For:
Date Identified: 1968
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Valid type
Dincauze is a renowned Anthropologist who has specialized in prehistoric archeology of eastern and central New England and was a professor at the UMass Amherst.
Dincauze is a renowned Anthropologist who has specialized in prehistoric archeology of eastern and central New England and was a professor at the UMass Amherst.
Dudley Contracting Stem
Mansion Inn / Wayland VariantCluster: Susquehanna Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a broad medium to large triangular contracting stem point with a flattened cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight. The shoulders are commonly weak and at an upward angle. The stem is contracting with a straight to slightly concave base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Length - 36 to 70 mm, Blade Width - 25 to 40 mm (***small sample size***).
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Dudley and Coburn are considered variants of the Wayland type (Justice, 2002). Justice feels that these variants may represent the intermediates between the Susquehanna type and the Orient type.
Dudley and Coburn are considered variants of the Wayland type (Justice, 2002). Justice feels that these variants may represent the intermediates between the Susquehanna type and the Orient type.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in Massachusetts and into Maine and eastern New York.
This point is primarily found in Massachusetts and into Maine and eastern New York.
Age / Periods:
Date: 3,700 - 2,700 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic to Early Woodland
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Date: 3,700 - 2,700 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic to Early Woodland
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Age Details:
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Coburn, Mansion Inn, Susquehanna, Watertown, Wayland
Coburn, Mansion Inn, Susquehanna, Watertown, Wayland
