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Name Details:
Named By: Gregory Perino
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1985
Type Site: Peskier Site, Lower Illinois Valley, Illinois
Peisker Diamond
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
2,500 - 2,000 B.P.
Middle Woodland
Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large triangular contracting stem point with an elliptical cross section.
The blade is broad and excurvate. The shoulders may vary from prominent to weak or absent and at an upward angle. The stem is contracting with a pointed base. This point has a random flaking
pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 50
to 120 mm, Blade Width - 30 to 45 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily associated with the lower Illinois Valley, but has been reported throughout Illinois, into the Mississippi River basin, and westward into Iowa, Nebraska, and
Kansas.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Perino was a well-respected
self-taught archeologist who was the founder of the Illinois State Archeological Society. This point was identified while he was overseeing the excavation of the Peskier site. This point was named in a professional publication and has professional references to this type. This is a valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Marilyn Yoder / D. Shaw
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 100
Peisker Diamond Projectile Point, Peisker Diamond Arrowhead
