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Name Details:
Named By: William A. Richie
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1969
Type Site: Port Maitland, Ontario, Canada
Port Maitland
AKA: Long Bay
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Onondaga chert
Date:
Cultural Period:
2,000 - 1,200 B.P.
Middle Woodland
Roman Warm to
Vandal Minimum
Point Peninsula Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small triangular side notch point with a thin elliptical cross section. The blade is short and may vary from excurvate to straight. Parallel
notches enter higher on the blade forming a horizontal shoulder and an expanded stem. The base is primarily straight, but may range from slightly convex to slightly concave. The basal area has a
squared appearance. This point is commonly well made and has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Length - 12 to 36 mm (average 24 mm),
Stem Length - 7 to 11 mm, Width - 9 to 25 mm (average 17 mm),
Neck Width - 12 to 16 mm.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in central to western New York and into southern Ontario, northern Pennsylvania, and northeastern Ohio.
Related / Associated Points:
Saugeen Additional Comments:
Richie (1971) reclassified the Long Bay type as Port Maitland.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Richie was a prominent
anthropologist who served as the state archaeologist for the State of New York, the State Museum and Science Service. He excavated over 100 sites in the state of New York
and published over 150 professional publications. He named this type in a professional publication and this type has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
his type is part of the Kipp Island phase.
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 60, W5
Port Maitland Projectile Point, Port Maitland Arrowhead
