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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Site number 78
Auxiliary ID none
Cultural affiliation
Basis of phasing projectile point typology
Describe
  • corner notched points
  • lanceoloate points, Clovis fragment
Artifact type
Artifact description
  • Corner notched points Koster, Pelican Lake, etc., 10; Stemmed points Table Rock, Cedar Valley, Durst, 9; Side notched Matanzas, Tipton, etc., 3; Triangular points 4; many crude points; large mint bottom half Clovis point
  • Numerous hammerstones
  • flakes, flake knives, chips
  • large 7" hoe
Basis of modification Unknown
Threat type Agriculture/livestock
Recommendations Field check
Land use Cultivation
Landform Terrace/bench
Level Other (describe)
Site function Open habitation
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Smithsonian Trinomial Identifier 13MT78
Sortable Trinomial 13MT00078
Variant Trinomial Expression(s)
  • 13-MT-78
  • 13-MT-00078
Suggested Citation

David G. Anderson, Joshua Wells, Stephen Yerka, Kelsey Noack Myers, Robert Carl DeMuth, Thaddeus Geoffrey Bissett. (2014) "13MT78 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/b890b66a-b938-48a1-cd38-c46067ebc9f3> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2vd7091p

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