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Name Details:
Named By: Gregory Perino
Named For: Walter Wadlow, Avocational Archeologist
Date Identified: 1968
Type Site: Etley site, Oettle Farm, Calhoun County, Illinois
Wadlow
Cluster: Wadlow Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
non-heat treated Burlington chert
Date:
Cultural Period:
4,000 - 2,500 B.P.
Middle to Late Archaic
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a large to very large triangular blade. The cross section may range from elliptical to
flattened. The blade is excurvate towards the tip, parallel sides and rounded at the basal corners. The base is primarily straight, but may be slightly convex. This point has a random flaking pattern and is generally formed with percussion flaking and has little pressure flaking on the
edges and lacks any basal grinding.
Size Measurements: Total Length -
76 to 320 mm, Width - 32 to 80 mm,
Thickness - 10 to 15 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point has the heaviest concentrations in the St. Louis region. It is commonly found on bluff sites along the Missouri, Mississippi, and Illinois river.
Additional Comments:
This point is commonly found in association with Etley type points. Scully (1951) noted that Etley outnumbered Wadlow points 6 to 1 in burial caches (Lloyd Schroder, 2013 W18). Bell suggest that this may
represent a preform for the Etley type because of it primary percussion flaking and general lack of secondary pressure flaking.
Point Validity: Valid Type
Perino was a well-respected
self-taught archeologist who was the founder of the Illinois State Archeological Society. This point was named in a professional publication and has professional
references to this type. This is a valid type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 37, 179, W2, W18
Wadlow Projectile Point, Wadlow Arrowhead
