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Name Details:
Named By: William A. Ross
Named For: Minocqua, Wisconsin
Date Identified: 1979
Type Site: Robinson Site (near Minocqua), Oneida County, Wisconsin
Minocqua
AKA: Minoqua
Cluster: Scottsbluff Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Hixton Orthoquartzite
Date:
Cultural Period:
9,000 - 8,500 B.P.
Transitional Paleo to
Early Archaic
Early Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large triangular expanding stem point with an elliptical to median ridge cross section. The blade is excurvate. Some examples have the blade curving in at the tip and having parallel sides, while other examples have a triangular excurvate blade. The shoulders are weak
to absent and may be horizontal to having an upward angle. The stem is most commonly straight protruding out at the base forming ears. The base may range from slightly convex to straight. This point has a flaking pattern that may range from horizontal to parallel oblige flaking.
This point is usually cruder than the similar Scottsbluff point.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is found in Lake Superior Basin of Ontario Canada and into the Wisconsin River basin.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
These points have been referred to as "Stringtown" type Scottsbluff points (Fogelman, 1994)
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Point Validity: Valid Type
Ross is an anthropologist and is an adjunct professor for the Department of Anthropology at Lakehead University. He has conducted extensive studies into the archaeology of the Great
Lakes region. This point was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
37, 98
Minocqua Projectile Point, Minocqua Arrowhead
Minoqua Projectile Point, Minoqua Arrowhead
