Madina Plano Projectile Point

Madina Plano Point
Cluster:

Commonly Utilized Material:
Balsam Lake chert, Collingwood chert, Gull River chert, Kettle Point chert , Onondaga chert and other exotic cherts.

Date:
Cultural Period:

10,400 - 9,500 B.P.
Late Paleo
Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene

Glacial Period:

Culture:

Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:

This is a medium lanceolate contracting stem point with a thin to flat elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with the tip curving in and becoming parallel about midpoint. The shoulders are weak to absent. The stem is long, commonly one third to one half the total length of the point with straight edges that are slightly contracting towards the base. The base may vary from convex to straight with rounded basal corners. The flaking pattern may range from parallel to collateral, but may become random when the blade is re-sharpened. Basal and hafting region grinding is present on this point.

Size Measurements: Length – 36 to 88 mm (52 mm average). Blade Length – 14 to 53 mm (28.2 mm average). Stem Length – 16 to 35 mm (23.7 mm average). Width – 18 to 28 mm (22.5 mm average). Thickness – 3 to 11 mm (6.6 mm average). (Ontario Archeological Society - London Chapter)

Distribution:

Distribution Comments:

This point is primarily found from the Simcoe lowlands of south-central Ontario and into southern Ontario.

Additional Comments:

Deller (1976) compared these point to the Hell Gap point found further south. However, these points have many of the same characteristics, long contracting stem with a convex base, that are common in the Great Basin cluster points (Silver Lake, Cougar Mountain, Haskett, ect.).

Point Validity: Valid Type

Deller is a distinguished anthropologist (though never working professionally in that position). He earned his Ph. D in Anthropology at McGill University in Ontario, Canada and is considered an expert on the Paleo culture and artifacts of Ontario, Canada. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.

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As Illustrated by the
Ontario Archaeological Society - London Chapter

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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):

30, W14

Madina Plano Projectile Point, Madina Plano Arrowhead