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Name Details:
Named By: Howard Winters
 Named For: 
Date Identified:  1963
 Type Site:  Wabash Valley, Illinois
 Saratoga Expanding Stem
 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 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 slightly expanding with a straight to slightly convex base.  The basal treatment include truncated and unfinished, intentionally snapped, or steeply beveled.  This point has a random flaking pattern.     

Size Measurements:  Total Length - 45 to 90 mm,  Stem Length - 14 to 20 mm,  Blade Width - 25 to 35 mm,  Neck Width - 19 to 25 mm,  Stem Width - 20 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.
Similar Points:
Benton, Heavy Duty, Kays, Kramer, Stone Square Stem
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:




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Other points in this Cluster:
Saratoga Broad Blade, Saratoga Parallel Stem
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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As Illustrated by Justice, 1987
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):

30, 37
Saratoga Expanding Stem Projectile Point, Saratoga Expanding Stem Arrowhead