Eaton Point Refits

Part of: Eaton

This collection contains two tables: 1) Madison Point Refits and 2) Refit Table. They differ slightly in the columns they contain. It also contains two documents containing images of the point refits. The number below the image of the refit corresponds with the number in the point tables. See:

"Interpreting Broken Arrow Points" by William Engelbrecht, American Antiquity 80(4):760-766, 2015.

Site Name Keywords
Eaton

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures

Other Keywords
refits, lithics, projectile points, bifaces • lithic refits, triangular projectile points, Iroquoian

Culture Keywords
Woodland • PaleoIndian • Archaic • Early Archaic • Middle Archaic • Late Archaic • Historic

Investigation Types
Collections Research

Material Types
Chipped Stone • Madison projectile points, bifaces, refits

Temporal Keywords
Late Woodland • Multi-component • Late Late Woodland

Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) • New York (State / Territory) • Erie County (County) • Western New York • North America (Continent) • USA (Country)

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-4 of 4)

  • Images of Point Refits 1-56 (2017)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    Images of Madison Point refits from the Eaton Site. Numbers 1-56.

  • Images of Point Refits 57 - 114 (2017)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text William Engelbrecht.

    This file illustrates Madison point refits numbers 57-114. The numbers correspond to the cases in the Refit Tables.

  • Madison Point Refits (2014)
    DATASET William Engelbrecht.

    This table describes 114 Madison Point refits (point tips, point mid-sections, point bases). One triple match was made between a point base, a mid-section, and a tip. A mid-section and tip formed a refit, as did 10 mid-sections with 10 bases. One hundred and two point bases were refit with tips.

  • Refit Table 2 (2017)
    DATASET William Engelbrecht. Roderick Salisbury.

    This data set describes Madison point refitted bifaces and contains two more columns than the original Point Refit Table. The distance column measures the distance between refits in meters. The Context column records whether the refit is internal (1) or external (2). Internal refits are those within a defined area (i.e. longhouse) or between associated area (i.e. longhouse and associated midden). Internal can also refer to a refit of two pieces from undefined areas.External refers to a refit...