Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Curtis Tomak
Named For: Type Site Area
Date Identified: 1983
Type Site: Sites on the White River, Indiana-Illinois boarder.
Identified By: Curtis Tomak
Named For: Type Site Area
Date Identified: 1983
Type Site: Sites on the White River, Indiana-Illinois boarder.
Point Validity:
Provisional type
Tomak was a professional archaeologist who retired from the State of Illinois Department of Historic Preservation and Archaeology and was honored with Archaeologist of the Month in July 2009. This type was named in a professional publication, but has no or limited professional references. This type needs professional recognition as a unique type. This type is considered a provisional type.
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Black Creek Ovoid
(Provisional Type)Cluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium ovoid point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with a convex base and rounded basal corners. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
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Additional Comments:
See: Tomak, Curtis H. (1983), A Proposed Prehistoric Cultural Sequence for a Section of the West Fork of the White River in Southeastern Native Americana, Tennessee Anthropologist, Vol 8 No 1
See: Tomak, Curtis H. (1983), A Proposed Prehistoric Cultural Sequence for a Section of the West Fork of the White River in Southeastern Native Americana, Tennessee Anthropologist, Vol 8 No 1
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
These points are reported in the White River region of the Indiana-Illinois area.
These points are reported in the White River region of the Indiana-Illinois area.
Age / Periods:
Date: 3,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Date: 3,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Age Details:
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