Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Lucianne Lavin and Lyent W. Russell
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1985
Type Site: Burwell - Karako Site, Hew Haven Harbor, Connecticut
Identified By: Lucianne Lavin and Lyent W. Russell
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1985
Type Site: Burwell - Karako Site, Hew Haven Harbor, Connecticut
Point Validity:
Valid type
Lavin is an anthropologist who serves as Director for the Research and Collections at the Institute for American Indian Studies. Russell served as Director for the Archaeological Society of Connecticut. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Lavin is an anthropologist who serves as Director for the Research and Collections at the Institute for American Indian Studies. Russell served as Director for the Archaeological Society of Connecticut. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Burwell Stemmed
Burwell Stemmed Cluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick small (typically 1 to 1.5 inch) triangular stemmed point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily straight. But may vary to slightly excurvate. The shoulders are commonly weak and at an upward angle. The stem may range from straight to slightly expanding with a concave base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Most commonly made from white quartz.
Most commonly made from white quartz.
Additional Comments:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the lower Delaware River Basin of Eastern Pennsylvania and into New Jersey. Has been reported into southern New York and into Connecticut.
This point is primarily found in the lower Delaware River Basin of Eastern Pennsylvania and into New Jersey. Has been reported into southern New York and into Connecticut.
Age / Periods:
Date: 5,000 - 4,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
Culture:
Date: 5,000 - 4,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
Culture:
Age Details:
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Karako
Karako
