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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 37
Watertown Projectile Point, Watertown Arrowhead
Name Details:
Named By: Dena Dincauze
Named For:
Date Identified: 1968
Type Site:
Comment:
Dincauze is a renowned
anthropologist who has specialized in prehistoric archeology of eastern and central New England and was a professor at the UMass Amherst.
Watertown
Mansion Inn Variant
Cluster: Susquehanna Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
Glacial Period:
Culture:
3,700 - 2,700 B.P.
Late Archaic to Early Woodland
Neoglacial
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a
broad large triangular contracting stem point with a flattened cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight. The shoulders primarily have an upward angle, but may vary to horizontal. The stem is contracting and not as wide as the blade at the shoulders. The base is straight to concave. This point has a random flaking
pattern.
Size Measurements: Length - 70 to 130 mm, Blade Width - 45 to 75 mm (***based
on small sample size***)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in Massachusetts and into Maine and eastern New York.
Additional Comments:
Dudley and Coburn are considered variants of the Wayland type (Justice, 2002). Justice feels that these variants may represent the intermediates between the Susquehanna type and the
Orient type.
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