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ARCHAEOLOGIST SPRING, 1970 VOLUME 20 NUMBER 2 Published by THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF OHIO The Archaeological Society of Ohio Editorial Office Business Office 199 Converse Drive 1150 Virginia Ave. Plain City, Ohio 43064 Columbus, Ohio 43212 Officers President - John Sarnovsky, 423 Washington Ave., Elyria, Ohio 44035 1970 Vice President - Ensil Chadwick, Route 3, Mt. Vernon, Ohio 43050 1970 Executive Secretary - Larry Cronkleton, 1337 Cambrian Ct., Columbus, Ohio 43220 . 1970 Recording Secretary - Ed R. Hughes, 121 E. Russell Ave., West Lafayette, Ohio .... 1970 Treasurer - J. Grant Keys, PO Box 637, Elyria, Ohio 44035 1970 Trustees Kenneth Black, R.R. No. 2, Mt. Vernon, Ohio 43050 1970 Harley W. Glenn, 1394 W. Third Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43212 . 1970 Summers A. Redick, 35 W. Riverglen Dr., Worthington, Ohio 43085 . 1970 Leonard H. Brown, R. F. D. No. 3, Newcomerstown, Ohio 43832 1972 Dorothy L. Good, 15 Civic Drive, Grove City, Ohio 43123 1972 Jack Hooks, R. D. No. 5, Mansfield, Ohio 44903 1972 Editorial Staff and Publications Committee Editor - Robert N. Converse, 199 Converse Drive, Plain City, Ohio 43064 Technical Editor- Raymonds. Baby, The Ohio State Museum, N. High & 15th Ave Columbus Ohio Associate Editor - Martha A. Potter, The Ohio State Museum, N. High & 15th Ave.'Columbus'Ohio Chairman of Regional Collaborators - Richard Patterson, 519 Front St., Marietta, Ohio 45750 Regional Collaborators - John C. Allman, 1336 Cory Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45406 Jeff Carskadden, 285 West Willow Drive, Zanesville, Ohio 43705 Elmer H. Grimm, 1217 Murray Ridge, Elyria, Ohio 44038 Olaf Prufer, Department of Anthropology, Kent State University Kent Ohio John Kmn, 144 East Tiffin St., Fostoria, Ohio 44830 Jerry Hastings, Rt. 1, Box411A-1, Ironton, Ohio 45638 Larry LaBounty, 1432 Lake Road, Conneaut, Ohio 44030 Claude Britt, Jr., 3401 N. Columbus, 26 H., Tucson, Arizona 85716 Ralph Servey, 1726 Baird Ave., Portsmouth, Ohio 45664 Kenneth Goodman, 2528 Swansea Rd., Columbus, Ohio Leonard H. Brown, Rt. No. 3, Newcomerstown, Ohio 43832 Ray Tanner, 2026 Lawrence Ave., Norwood, Ohio 45212 MEMBERSHIP AND DUES Annual dues to the Archaeological Society of Ohio are payable on the first of January as follows- Regular membership $5.00; Husband and wife (one copy of publication) $6.00; Sustaininq $25 00 Funds are used for publishing the "Ohio Archaeologist". The Archaeological Society of Ohio is an incorporated non-profit organization and has no paid officers or employees. The "Ohio Archaeologist" is published quarterly and subscription is included in the membership dues. BACK ISSUES Back issues may be purchased at these prices: $1.50 per issue. Mail your remittance payable to The Archaeological Society of Ohio to our Business Office, 1150 Virginia Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43212. ?9fim *9 nr!VPeS. (M°-I 13' N°" 4' °Ct- 1963 revised) and 0hio Stone Tools <Vol. 16, No. 4, Oct. 1966) $2.00 eacKMa.l your remittance payable to The Archaeological Society of Ohio to Robert N. Converse, 199 Converse Drive, Plain City, Ohio 43064. Address all articles, personal news, queries, comments, etc., to the Editor Address dues payments and questions related to dues to the Treasurer Address membership applications and other correspondence to the Executive Secretary OHIO ARCHAEOLOGIST VOLUME 20 TABLE OF CONTENTS NUMBER 2 Officers, Trustees, Editorial Staff Inside Front Cover Awards - Necrology 182 A Turkey Tail Rediscovered 183 Eva and Benton Points from Tennessee 185 The Darroch Pinnacle Mound 186 Flint From the John Schatz Collection 190 Bone Tools igi A Preliminary Report on the Knief Site: A Pre-Ceramic Site in Logan County, Ohio 192 Unusual Archaic Side-Notched Spear 195 Artifacts from Greenville, Ohio 196 The Plum Run Flint Quarries 198 The A. B. Fall Site, Ottawa County, Ohio 201 Ceremonialism as Practiced by the Glacial Kame Culture 204 The Atlatl in Ohio 206 Hafted Scrapers from Huron County 212 A Slate Bannerstone 213 Two Fort Ancient Pipes 214 Continuations 216 FRONT COVER Three beautiful and highly polished atlatl weights are pictured on the front cover. They are from the collection of Dr. Gordon F. Meuser of Columbus, Ohio, who has a number of rare chlorite objects in his collection. Top specimen is a soft green chlorite and was found near Croton in Licking County, Ohio. The center one is a dark greenish black in color with silvery inclusions and is from Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. Bottom specimen is a brownish green example and was found in Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio. Length of top weight is 4 inches. All are drilled with a hole approx imately 1/2 inch in diameter. 181 AWARDS Listed below are the winners of awards for displays at the January 18, 1970 meeting of the Archaeological Society of Ohio at Grove City, Ohio: Best of Show Best Type Display Parker Melvin Copeland and Redick 1296 Crestwood 5830 Crescent Ct. Cincinnati, Ohio 45226 Worthington, Ohio Members in the Armed Services Best Site Display Harold D. Bender Ralph E.Sprague 1330 Grandview Avenue Wapakoneta, Ohio Portsmouth, Ohio Necrology Harley W. Glenn, 1905 -1970 Many members will remember Harley Glenn for his ready smile and hearty hand Harley W. Glenn, of shake. He was one of our most valued mem 1394 W. 3rd Ave., bers and over his years in our Society had Columbus, Ohio, served both as chairman and member of many died suddenly of a of our committees. heart attack March His interest in archaeology began while he 13th, 1970. He had was teaching in Erie county in the 1920's. He twice served as a was an avid collector of slate and hematite Trustee for the Ar artifacts and his fine collection was left to his chaeological Society son who will keep it in tact. of Ohio and was on He attended Ohio University, Ohio State the Board of Trus University, and Franklin University from tees at the time of where he received a juris doctorate degree. At his death. His term the time of this death he was a Technical As would have expired sistant in the Fine Arts Department at Ohio May 17th, 1970. State University. He is survived by his wife, Harley was a past President of the Society Margaret, a son John, and three grand having served from 1960 to 1962. children. 182 A Turkey Tail Rediscovered by Elaine WestfalI 201 Oxford Drive Greenville, Ohio While looking through my great-aunt long before I was born, I can only guess about Flora's collection of Indian relics, I found a its origin. She farmed in three places at dif beautiful turkey tail (Fig. 1), a type which is ferent times of her life: central Michigan, very scarce. It is believed to be from two to Wyoming, and Union City, Ohio. Because tur three thousand years old. This piece measures key tails are found in Ohio, Indiana, and Il 41/2 inches long and VA inches wide, and is linois (Converse 1966: 112), I imagine this made of Indiana hornstone. As my aunt died one came from Union City, Ohio. Converse, Robert N. 1966 Ohio Flint Types. Ohio Archaeolo gist, Volume 13, No. 4. Columbus. Fig. 1 (Westfall) Turkey tail point. 183 Meadowood Points: A Possible Glacial Kame Type by Robert N. Converse 199 Converse Drive Plain City, Ohio 43064 Relatively few types of artifacts can be semblages of comparable artifacts have been definitely related to the so-called Glacial excavated. Bearing in mind that comparisons Kame culture in Ohio, other than the grave with materials found hundreds of miles from goods which accompany burials of these Ohio can be hazardous, the author feels that people. Typical of the artifact assemblage are similarities of total artifact inventories with birdstones, shell sandal-sole gorgets, knobbed these of Ohio cannot be ignored, and may or spineback gorgets, copper beads, and tubu supply needed clues to what may be expected lar pipes. Strangely, flint artifacts are seldom in Ohio. found with burial offerings, the exception The Meadowood phase of New York, being the three points from the Clifford Wil which dates from 2500 B.C. to 500 B.C., in liams site at Russells Point, Ohio (Townsend cludes artifacts quite similar to those of Ohio 1959: PI. 47). Two of them are complete and Glacial Kame, such as birdstones, copper appear to be rather nondescript stemmed beads, and tubular pipes (Ritchie 1965: 199). points. The stem on the third point is broken. However, flint artifacts are not uncommon To my knowledge, these are the only flint grave offerings. Two distinct types of pro artifacts ever found with Glacial Kame burials jectile points are typical of the Meadowood in Ohio. To discover the type of point one phase: turkey tail points (which will be the might expect to find normally associated with subject of a later article) and Meadowood Glacial Kame, it is necessary to turn to docu points. The latter, using Ohio specimens as mented material from other areas where as examples (Fig. 1), are on the average fairly Fig. 1 (Converse) Ohio Meadowood points. Largest specimen is 5 inches long. Continued to pg. 217 184 Eva and Benton Points from Tennessee by Claude Britt, Jr. Dept. of Geochronology The University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Eva and Benton points are common Ar 1967: Fig. 2, 11). Bell (1958: 22) states that chaic types in the middle South. The ones this type was apparently used over a long illustrated in Figure 1 were obtained by the period of time from about 5,000 B.C. to per author a few years ago from Mr. Allen Brown haps 1,000 B.C., although they evidently de of Chicago, Illinois. They were originally in a clined in popularity after 3,000 B.C. [Tech. collection that had been assembled in the Editor's Note: The points illustrated in this middle South between 1880 and 1930.