Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Robert Ritzenthaler / Charles Palmer and Harris Palmer
Named For: Fox River Valley in Wisconsin
Date Identified: 1961 / 1962
Type Site:
Identified By: Robert Ritzenthaler / Charles Palmer and Harris Palmer
Named For: Fox River Valley in Wisconsin
Date Identified: 1961 / 1962
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Valid type
Ritzenthaler was a distinguished anthropologist and Curator of Anthropology at the Milwaukee Public Museum. He served as an Officer and Editor for the Wisconsin Archaeological Society. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional publication. This is considered a valid type.
Ritzenthaler was a distinguished anthropologist and Curator of Anthropology at the Milwaukee Public Museum. He served as an Officer and Editor for the Wisconsin Archaeological Society. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional publication. This is considered a valid type.
Fox Valley Truncated Barb
Cluster: LeCroy Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small triangular bifurcated point with an elliptical point. The blade is primarily incurvate with the blade flaring at the shoulders edge. Some examples do have a straight blade. The blade may be serrated. The shoulders are often asymmetrical and may range from horizontal to barbed, but commonly turn upwards towards the distal end of the shoulder. The stem is short, narrow and expanding with a bifurcated base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 24 to 50 mm (average 38 mm), Stem Length - 9 to 13 mm, Blade Width at Shoulders - 19 to 35 mm (average 28 mm), Neck Width - 9 to 14 mm, Stem Width - 11 to 16 mm Thickness - 3 to 7 mm
Total Length - 24 to 50 mm (average 38 mm), Stem Length - 9 to 13 mm, Blade Width at Shoulders - 19 to 35 mm (average 28 mm), Neck Width - 9 to 14 mm, Stem Width - 11 to 16 mm Thickness - 3 to 7 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
This point is the most common type found in the Fox River Valley (W2).
This point is thought to be a variant of the Lake Eerie point, a Lake Eerie with an exhausted blade (W11).
University of Minnesota includes this point in the Fox Valley Cluster and excludes the Lake Eerie point and includes the MacCorkle point. Justice (1987) calls this cluster the LeCroy cluster and includes the Lake Eerie point and puts the MacCorkle point in the Rice Lobbed Cluster.
This point is the most common type found in the Fox River Valley (W2).
This point is thought to be a variant of the Lake Eerie point, a Lake Eerie with an exhausted blade (W11).
University of Minnesota includes this point in the Fox Valley Cluster and excludes the Lake Eerie point and includes the MacCorkle point. Justice (1987) calls this cluster the LeCroy cluster and includes the Lake Eerie point and puts the MacCorkle point in the Rice Lobbed Cluster.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
These points are primarily found in the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin and Illinois and into the Wabash River valley of Indiana and into Illinois and Ohio. May be found into other highlighted regions with decreased frequency.
These points are primarily found in the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin and Illinois and into the Wabash River valley of Indiana and into Illinois and Ohio. May be found into other highlighted regions with decreased frequency.
Age / Periods:
Date: 8,200 - 7,800 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Date: 8,200 - 7,800 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
