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Name Details:
Named By: William J. Meyers - Oakes
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1951
Type Site: Starved Rock Site, La Salle County, Illinois
Starved Rock Lanceolate
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Date:
Cultural Period:
9,000 - 8,000 B.P.
Early Archaic
Early Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large lanceolate point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is most
commonly an inward recurvate. The base ranges from straight to concave and may have basal thinning or
grinding. The most common
flaking pattern in oblique parallel with random flaking also being common.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in northern Illinois and the upper to mid Illinois River basin.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
This type is similar to, if not the same as, Angostura points. Fowler (1954), discusses the Starved Rock point in relationship to the Angostura point. The two types were so similar that he uses the
radiocarbon dating from the Angostura site in determining the age of this type.
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Point Validity: Valid Type
Dincauze is a renowned anthropologist who has specialized in prehistoric archeology of eastern and central New England and was a professor at the UMass Amherst. This point was named in her book on the Atlantic Phase culture and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Starved Rock Projectile Point, Starved Rock Arrowhead
