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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Site number 73
Auxiliary ID none
Cultural affiliation
Basis of phasing projectile point typology
Describe
  • corner notched points, small points e.g., Reed, Des Moines
  • stemmed points, side notched points
Artifact type
Artifact description
  • broken hand axe, 1; broken bannerstone, 1
  • Stemmed points, 17; small points Reed, Des Moines, 28; Side notched points, 31; corner notched points, 12; lanceolate point Angostura, 1
  • many chips, flakes, knives
  • Thumbnail and large scrapers, 29; Logan Creek scrapers, 3; drills (one obsidian), 3
Basis of modification Unknown
Threat type Development/construction
Recommendations Field check
Land use Cultivation
Landform Terrace/bench
Level Other (describe)
Site function Open habitation
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Smithsonian Trinomial Identifier 13MT73
Sortable Trinomial 13MT00073
Variant Trinomial Expression(s)
  • 13-MT-73
  • 13-MT-00073
Suggested Citation

David G. Anderson, Joshua Wells, Stephen Yerka, Kelsey Noack Myers, Robert Carl DeMuth, Thaddeus Geoffrey Bissett. (2014) "13MT73 from Americas/United States/Iowa/Mitchell County". In Iowa Site Files. Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA) (Ed). Released: 2014-03-16. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/16d851c9-49b7-4021-a660-84e8489d9347> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k26m3d80c

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