Name Details:
Named By: Richard Marshall
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1958
Type Site:
Standlee Shelter (32BY386), Table Rock Reservoir, Missouri
Standlee
Cluster:
Date:
Cultural Period:
2,250 - 1,600 B.P.
Middle Woodland
Roman Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is
a medium
triangular contracting stemmed point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is most commonly short and broad, but may vary to long and broad. The blade is
excurvate. The shoulders are at an upward angle, but are never barbed. . The stem may vary from long to short and is contracting with a slightly concave base.
Light basal grinding is present on this point. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 40 to
80 mm, Stem Length - 13 to 19 mm, Blade Width - 25 to 35 mm,
Basal Width - 11 to 18 mm (***based on small sample size***)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Ozark region of Missouri and Arkansas and into eastern Oklahoma and western Illinois.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Marshall (1958), writes
that this type extends from the "late component of the Early Archaic period
to the early component of the Mississippian period" Because of this, in
literature, depending on the researcher, this type has been identified as a
Middle Archaic point, a Late Archaic Point, and a Woodland point.
These points are often found in association with Snyder type points at sites
in the southwestern Ozarks. Based on the radiocarbon dating, it is
suggested that these points are 2250 to 1600 rcybp (300 B.C. to 350 A.D.)
(Johnny Schaefer, personal communications).
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Marshall identified this point while working on his M.A. Thesis at University of Missouri. He conducted an extensive study of the
projectile points of the Table Rock Reservoir. This type was named in his thesis and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
.
Age Details:
At John Paul Cave radiocarbon dates were 1890+/-0
50 rcybp (Ray, 1195); at Little Indian Rockshelter 1880 +/- 60 rcybp (Ray,
1994); at Boney Spring three dates between 1900 +/- 50 rcybp (Wood, 1976);
at Cobb Cave dates of 2180 +/- 120 rcybp (Benn and Lopinot, 1993); at Area
1002 at Eastep Site in southeastern Kansas dates of 1995 +/- 20 rcybp were
found (Tomasic, 2012).
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, W11
Standlee Projectile Point, Standlee Arrowhead
