Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Robert E. Funk and William Ritchie
Named For: Greene township, Chenango County, New York
Date Identified: 1971
Type Site: A
Identified By: Robert E. Funk and William Ritchie
Named For: Greene township, Chenango County, New York
Date Identified: 1971
Type Site: A
Point Validity:
Valid type
Funk was a renowned anthropologist who conducted extensive studies and excavations in the New England area. He was appointed to New York State Archaeologist and worked in the New York State Museum as a research associate. This point was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is a valid type.
Funk was a renowned anthropologist who conducted extensive studies and excavations in the New England area. He was appointed to New York State Archaeologist and worked in the New York State Museum as a research associate. This point was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is a valid type.
Greene Lanceolate
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium lanceolate to pentagonal point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is broad and primarily excurvate and commonly has a pentagonal shape with the widest part of the blade being one half to the bottom one third of the point. The base is straight. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Length - 35 to 70 mm (average 40 to 50 mm), Width - 20 to 30 mm (average 25 mm)
Length - 35 to 70 mm (average 40 to 50 mm), Width - 20 to 30 mm (average 25 mm)
Commonly Utilized Material:
flints and felsite
flints and felsite
Additional Comments:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point commonly associated with the Hudson River Basin and the coastal regions of Massachusetts and into Vermont, Connecticut, and New Hampshire.
This point commonly associated with the Hudson River Basin and the coastal regions of Massachusetts and into Vermont, Connecticut, and New Hampshire.
Age / Periods:
Date: 1,700 - 1,200 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Woodland
Glacial Period: Roman Warm to Vandal Minimum
Warm
Culture:
Date: 1,700 - 1,200 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Woodland
Glacial Period: Roman Warm to Vandal Minimum
Warm
Culture:
Age Details:
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