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Name Details:
Named By: Malvin L. Fowler
Named For:
Date Identified: 1959
Type Site: Modoc Rock Shelter, Illinois
Hiller
(Site Specific - Modoc Rock Shelter)
Cluster: Saratoga Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,500 - 2,500 B.P.
Late Archaic to Early Woodland
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick large triangular stemmed point with an elliptical cross
section. The blade may vary from excurvate that is long with the tip
curving in and becoming almost parallel towards the shoulder to a
shorter blade with straight edges. The shoulders range from slightly
barbed to having a slight upward angle. The shoulders are commonly
asymmetrical with one shoulder being less defined than the other
shoulders. The stem is straight with a straight base forming a
rectangular stem. The basal treatment include truncated and unfinished,
intentionally snapped, or steeply beveled. This point has a random
flaking pattern.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is reported in Illinois.
Similar Points:
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Justice (1987), notes that this type includes all
straight stemmed points from the Modock Rock Shelter. This type may be
included in the Saratoga Parallel Stem type.
See: Fowler, Malvin L. (1959), Summary Report of the Modoc Rock Shelter 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956. Illinois State Museum Report of Investigations No. 8, pg. 1-72
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
30, 37
Hiller Projectile Point, Hiller Arrowhead
