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Name Details:
Named By:
Dena F. Dincauze
Named For:
Date Identified: 1968
Type Site: Cremation cemeteries studies of eastern Massachusetts
Wayland
Cluster: Susquehanna Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,700 - 2,700 B.P.
Late Archaic to
Early Woodland
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a
broad medium to large triangular expanding stem point with a flattened cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight. The shoulders primarily have an upward angle, but may vary to horizontal. Parallel notches are wide and create an expanding stem. The stem is not as wide as the blade at the shoulders. The base is concave. This point has a random flaking
pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 55
to 80 mm (average 55 to 65 mm), Stem Length - 8 to 14 mm,
Blade Width - 25 to 40 mm, Stem Width -18 to 25 mm, Neck
Width - 15 to 20 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in Massachusetts and into Maine and eastern New York.
Additional Comments:
The Wayland and Mansion Inn points are variants of the Susquehanna Broad Spear point (Justice, 1987).
Pictures:
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.
.
Age Details:
This point is part of the Broad Spear Settlement Traditions.
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
29, 30, 37
Wayland Projectile Point, Wayland Arrowhead
