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Name Details:
Named By: Toby Morrows
Named For: Little Sioux River
Date Identified: 1984
Type Site:
Little Sioux
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
8,000 - 6,000 B.P. (Horizon II)
Early to Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium
triangular side notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is wide and primarily excurvate, but may become straight in re-sharpened examples. Small parallel C-shaped notches enter the blade forming a horizontal shoulder and expanded stem. The base is concave. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Little Sioux River Basin of Iowa and into southeastern South Dakota and southwestern Minnesota.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
There are many similar types with many of them
considered the same type or at least a continuum of the same type. The
Turin point is often combined with the Simonsen in literature, but differs
in that the notch enters from the corners rather than the side. Morrow
(1984) points out that the Simonsen is the same point as the Little Sioux
point from Iowa. Others note that the Simonsen is the same point as
the Long Creek point from Saskatchewan. It should be noted that many
consider the Long Creek point the same as the Oxbow point. When
comparing the accepted dates for these type, it may be that the Turin point
(Early Archaic) was followed by the Simonsen / Little Sioux (Early to Middle
Archaic), which led into the Long Creek / Oxbow (Middle Archaic).
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Morrow is a professional
archeologist who has served in many professional archeologist roles including Chief Archaeologist for the State of Iowa. This point was named in his book on Iowa
projectile points and has many professional references to this type. This is a valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Morrow, 1984
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30
Little Sioux Projectile Point, Little SiouxArrowhead
