Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Warren J. Wittry
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1959
Type Site: Raddatz Rock Shelter, Sauk County, Wisconsin
Identified By: Warren J. Wittry
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1959
Type Site: Raddatz Rock Shelter, Sauk County, Wisconsin
Point Validity:
Valid type
Witty was an anthropologist who conducted extensive excavations through-out the Ohio River Valley. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Raddatz Side Notch
Cluster: Large Side Notch Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular side notched point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight and may have slight serrations present. Parallel U shaped notches are lower on the blade. The stem is expanding and usually square. Most commonly, the notches have been cut into the blade leaving the basal ears having the same curvature as the blade. The base is primarily straight, but may be slightly concave. The base has a "squarish" appearance. The base is thinned with one or more long pressure flake and light to moderate basal grinding is common, but not always present. This point is manufactured using random percussion flaking and finished and retouched with pressure flaking forming a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 33 to 92 mm, Stem Length - 9 to 15 mm, Blade / Stem Width - 18 to 34 mm, Neck Width - 14 to 29 mm, Thickness - 6 to 11 mm
Total Length - 33 to 92 mm, Stem Length - 9 to 15 mm, Blade / Stem Width - 18 to 34 mm, Neck Width - 14 to 29 mm, Thickness - 6 to 11 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Locally available materials and cherts commonly using heat treatment. Common cherts include Bayport chert, Kettle Point chert and Collingwood chert.
Locally available materials and cherts commonly using heat treatment. Common cherts include Bayport chert, Kettle Point chert and Collingwood chert.
Additional Comments:
This points are smaller than the Osceola points and have a excurvate to straight blade. (W15).
Morrow (2016) notes that the Godar point and Raddatz point have essentially the same morphology. It could also be argued that they the two type designation are provincial rather than typological. Medium sized, side-notched points in Illinois are referred to as Godar and medium-sized, side-notched points in Wisconsin referred to as Raddatz. Like most Middle Archaic side-notched types, when looking at the typical point, there is a difference is shapes, but as the characteristics of the type move way from what is typical, the two types begins to overlap making it difficult to distinguish the two types without knowing what other contextual components they are associated with.
This points are smaller than the Osceola points and have a excurvate to straight blade. (W15).
Morrow (2016) notes that the Godar point and Raddatz point have essentially the same morphology. It could also be argued that they the two type designation are provincial rather than typological. Medium sized, side-notched points in Illinois are referred to as Godar and medium-sized, side-notched points in Wisconsin referred to as Raddatz. Like most Middle Archaic side-notched types, when looking at the typical point, there is a difference is shapes, but as the characteristics of the type move way from what is typical, the two types begins to overlap making it difficult to distinguish the two types without knowing what other contextual components they are associated with.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
These points are primarily found upper Mississippi River Valley and into the Illinois and Ohio River valley's. May also be found around the Great Lakes region.
These points are primarily found upper Mississippi River Valley and into the Illinois and Ohio River valley's. May also be found around the Great Lakes region.
Age / Periods:
Date: 6,100 - 4,300 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Date: 6,100 - 4,300 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Age Details:
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Big Sandy ,Cache River Godar, Graham Cave, Greenbrier, Hemphill, Howard County, Madison Side Notched, Osceola, Osceola Greenbrier, Simonsen
Big Sandy ,Cache River Godar, Graham Cave, Greenbrier, Hemphill, Howard County, Madison Side Notched, Osceola, Osceola Greenbrier, Simonsen
