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Name Details:
Named By:
Fay-Cooper Cole and Thorne Deuel
Named For: Type
Site
Date Identified: 1937
Type Site: Maples
Mills Site, Illinois
Maple Mills
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,750 - 1,050 B.P.
Late Woodland
Roman to Medieval Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Phase:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small
triangular side notch point with an elliptical cross section. The
blade ranges from excurvate to straight. Deep notches enter the
side of the preform forming a shoulder that varies from horizontal to
very slightly barbed. The stem is expanding with convex base.
This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This type is primarily found in the Illinois
River Valley
Similar Points:
Klunk, Madison Side Notch, Reed, Roxanne, Trimble
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Cole was a influential anthropologist who was
instrumental in the development of Midwestern Archaeology, Deuel was
an anthropologist who specialized in the Hopewell culture of Illinois.
This type was defined in a professional publication and has many
professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
This point is found in association with maple Mills ceramics.
Pictures Provided By:
Maple Mills Projectile Point, Maple Mills Arrowhead
