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Name Details:
Named By: John E. Kelley, Jean R. Linder, Teresa J. Cartmell
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1979
Type Site: Labras Lake Site (Il-S-299), American Bottom, Illinois
Labras Lake
(Site Specific Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,900 - 3,100 B.P.
Late Archaic
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular corner notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is broad and excurvate. Deep corner notches form a shoulder that is barbed and an expanding stem.
The base varies from straight to slightly convex and has sharp basal corners. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily with the Labras Lake site in Illinois.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
This point is similar to the Afton type point with a triangular blade where the Afton has a pentagonal blade.
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Point Validity: Site Specific Type
Kelley is an anthropologist and professor at the Washington University of St. Louis.
Linder was an archaeologist in Illinois and currently is a writer. Cartmell. This type was named in a professional publication, but is considered a site specific type.
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Age Details:
Radiocarbon dates at Labra Lake site provided dates of 3,900 - 3,400 and 3,300 - 3,100 rcybp (McElrath et al., 1984)
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
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Labras Lake Projectile Point, Labras Lake Arrowhead
