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Name Details:
Named By: Earnest and Dorothy Good (named) / Robert M. Converse (described)
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1961 / 1973
Type Site: Stringtown Site, Ohio
Stringtown Spurred Stem
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
chert, flint and jasper
Date:
Cultural Period:
9,000 - 8,000 B.P.
Transitional Paleo to
Early Archaic
Early Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a
thin medium to large lanceolate shaped stemmed point with a flattened cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate and is commonly long and narrow.
The shoulders are weak to absent and vary from horizontal to having an upward angle. The stem is straight and commonly has basal ears at the base of the stem. The
base may vary from straight to concave. The stem is commonly heavily ground, but many examples lack any basal grinding. The flaking pattern may range from collateral to random pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 40 to
100 mm (average 50 to 70 mm), Stem Length - 14 to 20 mm,
Blade Width - 23 to 34 mm (average 30 mm), Stem Width - 15 to 25
mm (average 20 mm)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is most commonly found in the upper Ohio River basin of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
These points have been compared to the Cody Complex points found further west. However, these points tend to lack any of the early parallel oblique flaking patterns typical of Cody
Complex points and primarily have collateral pattern flaking (Justice, 1987).
These points are similar to the Eden Eared points found in Wisconsin.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Converse is an avocational archeologist who was instrumental in the formation of the Ohio
Archaeological Society. He has written many books regarding the arachnology of the Ohio River valley and runs a artifact auction company. This type was named in Converse's personally published book and
has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
There have been limited sites that these points are found that have been dated, but the these points were found at the same levels as McConnell Lanceolates at the Loader site in Tuscarawas county, Ohio which
would place these points in the Transitional Paleo period.
Pictures Provided By:
Chris Thompson
Josh Cooper
Laura Elder
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 37
Stringtown Projectile Point, Stringtown Arrowhead
