Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: William J. Mayer-Oakes
Named For:
Date Identified: 1955
Type Site: Siggins Site (36Fo1), Allegheny River, Pennsylvania
Identified By: William J. Mayer-Oakes
Named For:
Date Identified: 1955
Type Site: Siggins Site (36Fo1), Allegheny River, Pennsylvania
Point Validity:
Valid type
Mayer – Oakes was an anthropologist who started as a field archaeologist for the Carnegie Museum, Director of the Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, and was a professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto, University of Manitoba, and Texas Tech University. This type was named in a professional publication and has professional recognitions as a valid type.
Mayer – Oakes was an anthropologist who started as a field archaeologist for the Carnegie Museum, Director of the Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, and was a professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto, University of Manitoba, and Texas Tech University. This type was named in a professional publication and has professional recognitions as a valid type.
Forest Notched
Cluster: Susquehanna Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily straight, but may vary to slightly excurvate. The shoulders are at an upward angel and commonly rounded where the bade and shoulder meet. The stem is expanding with a straight to slightly concave base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
This point is though to be contemporary to, and a Upper Ohio Valley variant of, the Fishtail Complex (Pennsylvania Archaeological Society).
This point is though to be contemporary to, and a Upper Ohio Valley variant of, the Fishtail Complex (Pennsylvania Archaeological Society).
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Upper Ohio River valley.
This point is primarily found in the Upper Ohio River valley.
Age / Periods:
Date: 3,100 - 2,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Woodland
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Date: 3,100 - 2,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Woodland
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Age Details:
This type was found in association with tubular pipes and Half Moon pottery at the Siggins Site (Pennsylvania Archaeological Society).
This type was found in association with tubular pipes and Half Moon pottery at the Siggins Site (Pennsylvania Archaeological Society).
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Ashtabula, Dismal Swamp, Drybrook, Orient Fishtail, Perkiomen, Susquehanna Broad Spear, Wayland
Ashtabula, Dismal Swamp, Drybrook, Orient Fishtail, Perkiomen, Susquehanna Broad Spear, Wayland
