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Name Details:
Named By: Edward G. Scully
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1951
Type Site: Red Ocher Mound, Fulton County, Missouri
Red Ocher
Cluster: Wadlow Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,000 - 1,500 B.P.
Late Archaic to Early Woodland
Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Red Ocher Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a broad medium to large ovoid shaped blade with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate and the blade is usually one half the width as it is in
length with the widest part of the blade being about the half way point. The base
is truncated and may range from slightly convex to slightly concave. This point is formed with broad percussion flaking and has
limited, if present, finished with pressure flaking around the edges
and base forming a random flaking pattern
with primarily percussion flaking.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 55
to 204 mm (average 100 mm), Blade Width - 30 to 100 mm (Typically the width is
1/2 the length)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in west central Illinois and
into central Missouri. Frequency decreases into the lower Missouri River Valley into the mid Mississippi River Valley and the Illinois River Valley. This point is also been reported in the Ohio River Valley and into
the Tennessee River Valley.
Additional Comments:
This blade is most commonly associated with burials
and found with Turkeytail type points.
It has been suggested that this may be a preform for the Turkeytail type points because of the primarily percussion flaking and general lack of fine pressure flaking on the edges (Lloyd Schroder, 2013 W18).
Point Validity: Valid Type
Scully is a highly respected
anthropologist from the University of Michigan who conducted extensive research in the Mississippi River valley and identified many different types of projectile points. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 37, 179, W18
Red Ocher Projectile Point, Red Ocher Arrowhead
