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Name Details:
Identified By: William J. Mayer-Oakes
Named For: Associated Culture
Date Identified: 1955
Type Site:
Identified By: William J. Mayer-Oakes
Named For: Associated Culture
Date Identified: 1955
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Cultural type
Mayer – Oakes was an anthropologist who started as a field archaeologist for the Carnegie Museum, Director of the Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, and was a professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto, University of Manitoba, and Texas Tech University. This type was named in a professional publication and has professional recognitions as a valid type.
Mayer – Oakes was an anthropologist who started as a field archaeologist for the Carnegie Museum, Director of the Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, and was a professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto, University of Manitoba, and Texas Tech University. This type was named in a professional publication and has professional recognitions as a valid type.
Monongahela Triangle
AKA: Madison TriangleCultural Type
Cluster: Late Woodland to Early Mississippian Triangle Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small (.5 to .75 inches) triangular point with a flattened cross section. The blade is primarily straight, but may be seen with an excurvate or even less frequently, an incurvate blade. The point primarily forms an isosceles triangle (half as wide as the height), or less frequently form an equilateral triangle (as wide as the height). The base is primarily straight to slightly concaved and commonly has basal thinning. The flaking pattern is random. This point may range from high quality workmanship to very crude. Re-sharpening is not common with the exception of the tip.
Size Measurements:
Length - 13 to 45 mm Width - 12 to 22 mm, Thickness - 3 to 6 mm
Length - 13 to 45 mm Width - 12 to 22 mm, Thickness - 3 to 6 mm
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is associated with the Monongahela culture of southwestern Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and northern West Virginia.
This point is associated with the Monongahela culture of southwestern Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and northern West Virginia.
Age / Periods:
Date: 950 - 375 B.P.
Cultural Period: Mississippian
Glacial Period: Medieval Warm to Little Ice Age
Culture: Monongahela Culture
Date: 950 - 375 B.P.
Cultural Period: Mississippian
Glacial Period: Medieval Warm to Little Ice Age
Culture: Monongahela Culture
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