Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Olaf H. Prufer and Charles Sofsky
Named For: Lake Eerie (Great Lakes)
Date Identified: 1965
Type Site: McKibben Site, Trumbull County, Ohio
Identified By: Olaf H. Prufer and Charles Sofsky
Named For: Lake Eerie (Great Lakes)
Date Identified: 1965
Type Site: McKibben Site, Trumbull County, Ohio
Point Validity:
Valid type
This point was named during the analysis of the artifacts from the Shawnee - Minisink site. It was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Lake Erie Bifurcated
Cluster: LeCroy Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small triangular bifurcated point with an elliptical point. The blade is primarily straight. The shoulders may range from horizontal to having an upward slope. The stem is commonly straight, but some examples may have a slightly contracting or expanding stem. The base is bifurcated with parallel lobes. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 25 to 50 mm, Stem Length - 9 to 14 mm, Blade Width - 17 to 30 mm, Stem Width - 11 to 18 mm (***based on small sample size***)
Total Length - 25 to 50 mm, Stem Length - 9 to 14 mm, Blade Width - 17 to 30 mm, Stem Width - 11 to 18 mm (***based on small sample size***)
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Justice (1987) feels that Lake Eerie points may represent an exhausted blade are thought to be Fox Valley points. It has been suggested that these points represent a variation of the LeCroy point with a burination of the shoulder or base (Morton, 1973).
Jay Magella reports, Lake Erie Bifurcated may be fractures or sliver chipped in one or more of the four locations. In order of decreasing frequency: at the shoulder tips, on the outside stem edge, in the inside of the bifurcation, or across the base. They may be fractured in a single or combination of those areas.
Blank (1970:275) argues that the chronological and cultural placement of the two bifurcated types is similar. Blank noted that although the Lake Erie and LeCroy types have different mean quantitative attributes, the range of variation between them overlaps. Approximately 20% of all samples of these points that cannot be classed with certainty into either category (Harter, 1973)
Justice (1987) feels that Lake Eerie points may represent an exhausted blade are thought to be Fox Valley points. It has been suggested that these points represent a variation of the LeCroy point with a burination of the shoulder or base (Morton, 1973).
Jay Magella reports, Lake Erie Bifurcated may be fractures or sliver chipped in one or more of the four locations. In order of decreasing frequency: at the shoulder tips, on the outside stem edge, in the inside of the bifurcation, or across the base. They may be fractured in a single or combination of those areas.
Blank (1970:275) argues that the chronological and cultural placement of the two bifurcated types is similar. Blank noted that although the Lake Erie and LeCroy types have different mean quantitative attributes, the range of variation between them overlaps. Approximately 20% of all samples of these points that cannot be classed with certainty into either category (Harter, 1973)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
These points are found throughout the Ohio River valley and into the Great Lakes region. This point may be found into southwestern New York.
These points are found throughout the Ohio River valley and into the Great Lakes region. This point may be found into southwestern New York.
Age / Periods:
Date: 8,300 - 7,800 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Early to Middle Holocene
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Date: 8,300 - 7,800 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Early to Middle Holocene
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