GRAVERS

    Two "gravers' were recovered from the Barnes site.  This is a type of artifact that is frequently found associated with fluted Paleo-indian projectile points.

#4385

#5316

 

#4385    Found by Mr. Wallace Hill.  Not in Wright and Roosa 1966.

#5316    Found during 1974 excavations.  Voss 1977:259.  Drawing - Figure4d.  Metrics - Table 4 #12.

References

Wright, Henry T. and William B. Roosa.  "The Barnes Site:  A Fluted Point Assemblage from the Great Lakes Region."  American Antiquity 31 (1977), pages 850-860.

Voss, Jerome A.  "The Barnes Site:  Functional and Stylistic Variability in a Small Paleo-indian Assemblage.  Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 2 (1977), pages 253-305.

 

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