Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: E. W. Hawkes and Ralph Liston (Identified) / Dorothy Cross (Named)
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1916 / 1941
Type Site: Pre-Lenape Site, New Jersey / Koens - Crispin Site, New Jersey
Identified By: E. W. Hawkes and Ralph Liston (Identified) / Dorothy Cross (Named)
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1916 / 1941
Type Site: Pre-Lenape Site, New Jersey / Koens - Crispin Site, New Jersey
Point Validity:
Valid type
Cross was a pioneering anthropologist who served as a professor at Hunter College in New York and as a curator at the New Jersey State Museum. This point was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Cross was a pioneering anthropologist who served as a professor at Hunter College in New York and as a curator at the New Jersey State Museum. This point was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Koens Crispin Broadspear
Cluster: Genesee Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a broad medium to large contracting stem point with a flattened cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate, but may take on a recurvate shape on re-sharpened examples. The shoulders are pronounced and generally have an upward slope. Some examples may have an almost horizontal shoulder. The stem is short and contracting. The base may vary from pointed or rounded (most common) to convex. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 44 to 120 mm, Stem Length - 7 to 17 mm, Width - 30 to 48 mm, Stem Width - 14 to 20 mm, Thickness - 5 to 12 mm
Total Length - 44 to 120 mm, Stem Length - 7 to 17 mm, Width - 30 to 48 mm, Stem Width - 14 to 20 mm, Thickness - 5 to 12 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Quartzite, chert and jasper
Quartzite, chert and jasper
Additional Comments:
This type is similar, and difficult to distinguish from, the Lehigh Eastern and the Snook Hill points. It has been proposed, and is commonly used now, to use the name Lehigh / Koens Crispin point to describe these points (W10). This has been done because the most distinguishable feature between these two points are the type of material used (Kinsey, 1972). These two points have been separated for this webpage, but may be considered as one.
This point overlaps Savannah River points in time. There are two variants of the Savannah River point; Cattle Run (Gier, 1996) and Island Swamp (McAvoy and McAvoy, 1997) which may be difficult to distinguish from this type (W10).
This type is similar, and difficult to distinguish from, the Lehigh Eastern and the Snook Hill points. It has been proposed, and is commonly used now, to use the name Lehigh / Koens Crispin point to describe these points (W10). This has been done because the most distinguishable feature between these two points are the type of material used (Kinsey, 1972). These two points have been separated for this webpage, but may be considered as one.
This point overlaps Savannah River points in time. There are two variants of the Savannah River point; Cattle Run (Gier, 1996) and Island Swamp (McAvoy and McAvoy, 1997) which may be difficult to distinguish from this type (W10).
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found along the Atlantic Coast region of from New York into Virginia. May be found with decreased frequency into other highlighted areas.
This point is primarily found along the Atlantic Coast region of from New York into Virginia. May be found with decreased frequency into other highlighted areas.
Age / Periods:
Date: 10,500 - 9,900 B.P.
Cultural Period: Transitional Paleo
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene
Culture:
Date: 10,500 - 9,900 B.P.
Cultural Period: Transitional Paleo
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
