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Name Details:
Named By: Anta Montet-White
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1968
Type Site: Morton Mounds, Fulton Illinois
Morton Lanceolate
(Cache Blade)
(Preform Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,000 - 1,300 B.P.
Woodland
Neoglacial to Vandal Minimum
Adena Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium blade that may vary from ovoid to lanceolate with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with the tip curving in and becoming almost parallel towards
the mid-section of the blade, and curving back in towards the base. The base may vary from convex to straight. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in Illinois and into Missouri.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
This is a cache blade that is often found in association with Adena type point. They may have served as preforms for Adena type point, specifically Robbins type points. Many of
these examples have the flaking patterns and similar finishing flaking that is seen on Adena type points, only lacking the hafting element of the Adena type point (Justice, 1987).
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Point Validity: Preform Type
Montet-White is a distinguished
anthropologist and Professor Emeritus of anthropology at the University of Kansas. Montet – White has conducted extensive studies into the archaeology of the Ohio River valley. This point was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a preform type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Ad Illustrated by Obrien and Wood, 1998
Ron Farrell
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
37, 100
Morton Projectile Point, Morton Arrowhead
