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Name Details:
Named By: Toby Morrow
Named For: Tama County, Iowa
Date Identified: 1984
Type Site:
Tama
Cluster: Large Side Notch Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
6,100 - 5,900 B.P.
Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a
medium triangular side notched point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight. U-shaped notches form a horizontal
shoulder and a stem that is expanded to slightly expanding. The stem edges are contracting to the basal corners. The base is concaved. This point has a random flaking
pattern.
Size Measurements: Data needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in central Iowa and into Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Missouri.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Big Sandy ,Cache River Godar, Graham Cave, Greenbrier, Hemphill, Howard County, Madison Side Notched, Osceola, Osceola Greenbrier, Raddatz, Simonsen Point Validity: Valid Type
Morrow is a professional
archeologist who has served in many professional archeologist roles including Chief Archaeologist for the State of Iowa. This point was named in his book on Iowa
projectile points and has many professional references to this type. This is a valid type.
.
Age Details:
Radiocarbon dating at the Buchanan site in Iowa provided dates of 4,100 - 3,900 B.C. Radiocarbon dating at the same site on levels associated with Raddatz points provided dates of 2,900 - 2,700 B.C. (Lynn Maria
Alex, 2010).
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Morrow, 1984
Lee Eden
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
25, 30
Tama Projectile Point, Tama Arrowhead
