Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Toby Morrow
Named For: Town in Iowa
Date Identified: 1984
Type Site:
Identified By: Toby Morrow
Named For: Town in Iowa
Date Identified: 1984
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Valid type
Morrow is a professional archaeologist who has served in many professional archaeologist roles including Chief Archaeologist for the State of Iowa. This point was named in his book on Iowa projectile points and has many professional references to this type. This is a valid type.
Morrow is a professional archaeologist who has served in many professional archaeologist roles including Chief Archaeologist for the State of Iowa. This point was named in his book on Iowa projectile points and has many professional references to this type. This is a valid type.
Fort Dodge Notched
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular side notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with the blade curving in towards the tip and becoming more parallel towards the mid-section. Some examples have the blade curving back in toward the shoulders. Wide shallow parallel notches form a shoulder that is weak and at an upward angle. The stem is expanding with a straight base and rounded basal corners. This point has a random flaking pattern.
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Iowa River Valley of Iowa, southern Minnesota, and northwestern Illinois, and into southwestern Wisconsin.
This point is primarily found in the Iowa River Valley of Iowa, southern Minnesota, and northwestern Illinois, and into southwestern Wisconsin.
Age / Periods:
Date: 5,000 - 3,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
Culture:
Date: 5,000 - 3,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
Culture:
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