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Name Details:
Named By: Howard Winters
Named For:
Date Identified: 1963
Type Site: Wabash Valley, Illinois
Saratoga Broad Blade
Cluster: Saratoga Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,500 - 2,500 B.P.
Late Archaic to Early Woodland
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick large triangular stemmed point with an elliptical cross
section. The blade is broad and may vary from excurvate that is long with the tip curving in and becoming almost parallel towards the shoulder to a shorter blade with straight edges. The shoulders
range from horizontal to having a slight upward angle. The shoulders are commonly asymmetrical with one shoulder being less defined than the other shoulders. The stem is straight with a straight
base forming a wide rectangular stem. The base may have be snapped, unfinished, or beveled. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 55 to 110 mm,
Stem Length - 17 to 29 mm, Blade Width - 28 to 35 mm,
Stem Width - 22 to 27 mm (***based on small sample size***)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Wabash Valley of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and western Kentucky,. This type is found through-out southern Illinois, southern Indiana, western Kentucky and northwestern
Tennessee with slightly decreased frequency.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Winters is a distinguished
anthropologist who did extensive research in Illinois. He identified this point during the survey of the Wabash Valley in Illinois. This point was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is a valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Justice, 1987
Donald Maum
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
30, 37
Saratoga Broad Blade Projectile Point, Saratoga Broad Blade Arrowhead
