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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Site number 603
Auxiliary ID none
Cultural affiliation
Basis of phasing
  • projectile point typology
  • other diagnostic artifacts
Describe
  • proximal fragment of what appears to be an Adena Stemmed projectile point
  • Biface fragment; flakes; shatter
Artifact type
Artifact description
  • 1 proximal fragment of probable Adena Stemmed projectile point
  • 1 probable unfinished Stage 2 biface fragment; 1 drill fragment; 1 flake-scraper fragment
  • thinning flake
  • 43 flake fragments; 2 primary thinning flakes (1 is in 3 fragments); 2 secondary thinning flakes; 1 pressure thinning flake; 8 shatter
Basis of modification Visual estimate
Threat type Erosion/weathering/rodents
Recommendations No further work
Land use Cultivation
Landform Backslope/sideslope
Level Phase I
Site function
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Smithsonian Trinomial Identifier 13DM603
Sortable Trinomial 13DM00603
Variant Trinomial Expression(s)
  • 13-DM-603
  • 13-DM-00603
Suggested Citation

David G. Anderson, Joshua Wells, Stephen Yerka, Kelsey Noack Myers, Robert Carl DeMuth, Thaddeus Geoffrey Bissett. (2014) "13DM603 from Americas/United States/Iowa/Des Moines County". In Iowa Site Files. Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA) (Ed). Released: 2014-03-16. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/b0fc119f-6dbb-4224-b48a-47bf20338605> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2v69kp0v

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