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Name Details:
Named By: Olaf P. Purfer
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1963
Type Site: McConnell Site, Coshocton County, Ohio
McConnell Lanceolate
AKA: Ohio Lanceolate
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
cherts and flints
Date:
Cultural Period:
10,000 - 9,000 B.P.
Transitional Paleo
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 lanceolate with a thin elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with the tip curving in, becoming almost parallel at about the mid-section, and curving back in towards
the base. Some examples curve back in on the bottom one third of the point and have a weak shoulder and contracting stem appearance. The base ranges from straight to slightly concave.
Fluting and basal thinning are absent, and light hafting region grinding is present on this type.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is most commonly found in the upper Ohio River basin, but may have the same distribution as the related and similar Stringtown point.
Additional Comments:
The Ohio Archaeologist Vol 51 (2001) report that both McConnell Lanceolates and Stringtown points were found at the same levels at the Loader Site, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
These points share many of the same characteristics as the Plainville points
of Ontario. They have the same square base, broad percussion flaking,
and slight notches towards the base.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Prufer was an anthropologist and
professor at Kent University, Ohio. He was dedicated to the study of archaeology of Ohio. This type was named in a
professional publication and has many professional references. Professional references include both names; McConnell Lanceolate and Ohio Lanceolate. This is
considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30
McConnell Lanceolate Projectile Point, McConnell LanceolateArrowhead
Ohio Lanceolate
