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Archaeology

Archaic Culture Points & Tools ID Album Page 2

Artifacts on this page are in the Charles F. Cox Collection, collected in the mid 1900s in fields along the Ohio River in Clark Co., Indiana. All were classified by the late Ruth Strother.

Photos for this web page were taken by Naturalist at Heart volunteer Danny Calton.

Scale = 2 cm in all photos

            

               

              Lamoka                  Ledbetter Stemmed              Lost Lake              Mantanzas Side Notched      

      3500 - 2500 B.C.E.              2500 - 1400 B.C.E.          8000 - 6000 B.C.E.              3000 - 2000 B.C.E.

                                                                                        Wyandotte Flint 

                    

Rice Lobed McCorkle Stemmed    McCorkle Stemmed   McWhinney Heavy Stemmed

         7500 - 6500 B.C.E.                     7500 - 6500 B.C.E.             4000 - 1000 B.C.E.

                                                                                             Common from Clark's Point 

Wyandotte Flint                                                 

                

McWhinney Heavy Stemmed  Merom Expanding Stemmed     Morrow Mountain II     Pine Tree Corner

                 Scraper                           1600 - 1000 B.C.E.                      4500 B.C.E.                  Notched

          4000 - 1000 B.C.E.                                                               Extends into NE U.S.    7500 - 6900 B.C.E.

                 

      Radditz Side Notched                   Riverton                                  Rowen              Sedalia Lanceolate

         8000 - 6000 B.C.E.                     1000 B.C.E.                        7500 - 6500 B.C.E.         Titterinton Phase

                                                        Wyandotte flint                                                         2000 - 1000 B.C.E.    

   

                

         St. Albans Side Notched                 St. Charles           St. Charles Dovetail            Stilwell

                 6900 - 6500 B.C.E.                 8000 - 6000 B.C.E.       8000 - 6000 B.C.E.        7500 - 6400 B.C.E.

                          

Susquehanah (Ashtabula)    Table Rock Stemmed    Thebes Notched Base          In Thebes cluster

        1700 - 700 B.C.E.             3000 - 1000 B.C.E.                8000 - 6000 B.C.E.             8000 - 6000 B.C.E. 

           

         Thebes Triangular                Trimble Side Notched       Vosburg Corner Notched          

               8000 - 6000 B.C.E.                  Riverton Culture                  3200 - 2500 B.C.E 

                                                          1600 - 1000 B.C.E.  

         

              White Springs                 White Springs Scraper

            5000 - 4000 B.C.E                    5000 - 4000 B.C.E

   Archaic Tools - Page 1

To explore these cultures, click Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, or Mississippian.

 

Created April 16, 2010, Updated April 21, 2010