Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Curtis H. Tomak
Named For:
Date Identified: 1989
Type Site: Burial site in Northwestern Indiana
Identified By: Curtis H. Tomak
Named For:
Date Identified: 1989
Type Site: Burial site in Northwestern Indiana
Point Validity:
Valid 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, and has many professional references to this type. This is considered a valid 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, and has many professional references to this type. This is considered a valid type.
Crooked Creek Stemmed
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular stemmed point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily straight, but may be excurvate. The shoulders vary from horizontal to having a slight upward angle. The stem is most commonly straight, but may be slightly expanding. The stem is long in relationship to the blade. The base is primarily straight, but may be slightly convex. The base is commonly thinned. Light grinding may be seen on the bottom one third of the stem, but never on the base of the point. This point has a random flaking pattern and commonly has a high quality of workmanship.
Size Measurements:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Tomak named this type and the Lone Tree type based on examples from a Burial in southwestern Indiana.
This type does not appear to be related to the Crooked Creek series of points named by Gary Fogelman (1988) from central Pennsylvania.
Tomak named this type and the Lone Tree type based on examples from a Burial in southwestern Indiana.
This type does not appear to be related to the Crooked Creek series of points named by Gary Fogelman (1988) from central Pennsylvania.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
These points are named for a site in southwestern Indiana. They have been discussed in publication from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Minnesota, but they are comparing points to this type and not discussing these points found in those states. The full distribution of this type is under research.
These points are named for a site in southwestern Indiana. They have been discussed in publication from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Minnesota, but they are comparing points to this type and not discussing these points found in those states. The full distribution of this type is under research.
Age / Periods:
Date: 3,500 - 2,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Terminal Archaic to Early Woodland
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Date: 3,500 - 2,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Terminal Archaic to Early Woodland
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Adena Narrow Stem, Apple Creek, Buck Creek, Etley, Ferry, Genesee, Grand, Hardin, Kings, Pontchartrain, Smithsonia, Warito
Adena Narrow Stem, Apple Creek, Buck Creek, Etley, Ferry, Genesee, Grand, Hardin, Kings, Pontchartrain, Smithsonia, Warito
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Lone Tree
Lone Tree
