Double Notched Meadowood

[OntarioArch]

Just rescued this rare, 3 inch, Onondaga Chert beauty from its last caretaker: nice guy who inherited it and stored it inside a plastic tote, in a storage locker. The markings APSI stand for Ault Park Sheek Island, located in St.Lawrence River, NYS just north of Messena.

Here's the WIKI about the site: The original site of Ault Park on Sheek Island was also the site of an important archaeological excavation between 1956 and 1958, before the island and dig site were permanently submerged under 14-feet of water for the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway.[1] This project, a joint project of the University of Toronto and the National Museum of Canada, was largely a salvage operation to conserve the artifacts left behind from many cultures of people including remnants of a village believed to date back 3500 years.[1] The University of Toronto petitioned for an injunction against the Seaway project in order to continue the excavations however they were not successful. A number of artifacts were taken from the site for further investigation.

 

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[Blackfoot58]

Just rescued this rare, 3 inch, Onondaga Chert beauty from its last caretaker: nice guy who inherited it and stored it inside a plastic tote, in a storage locker. The markings APSI stand for Ault Park Sheek Island, located in St.Lawrence River, NYS just north of Messena.

Here's the WIKI about the site: The original site of Ault Park on Sheek Island was also the site of an important archaeological excavation between 1956 and 1958, before the island and dig site were permanently submerged under 14-feet of water for the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway.[1] This project, a joint project of the University of Toronto and the National Museum of Canada, was largely a salvage operation to conserve the artifacts left behind from many cultures of people including remnants of a village believed to date back 3500 years.[1] The University of Toronto petitioned for an injunction against the Seaway project in order to continue the excavations however they were not successful. A number of artifacts were taken from the site for further investigation.

Think of how many times artifacts are lost due to “progress”.

 

[MAMucker]

That’s the 1st double-notched Meadowood I’ve ever seen. And the only one I’ve heard of. Right material and location for the type.
Thanks for the pictures and historical info.

 

[Older The Better]

Usually it’s just the little ones with multiple notches. that’s a great save and interesting specimen.

 

[OntarioArch]

There's a few out there....not many.

 

[OntarioArch]

From Boudreau's Typology:

 

[MAMucker]

From Boudreau's Typology:

Love that book!

 

[unclemac]

Think of how many times artifacts are lost due to “progress”.

think of it like this..... If you dig a hole in your "back yard" in Rome, you will have to go pretty far down to get out of any artifact layer! Same is true all over Egypt, the middle east and a lot of China.... So in 1,000 years, someone will be excavating your backyard and complaining about the fact that looters had already been there. Everything, everywhere is relative to the present situation. And I love archeology as much as the next guy but imagine how much we don't know or "know" wrong.

 

[Buckleberry]

Very cool, found my own single notcher here in Ohio. One of my favorite points.

 

[scruggs]

Beautiful point!

 

[OntarioArch]

Just found this base of a broken Doubled Notched Meadowood in a box of 'brokes' from same collection as the intact Double Notched. Ault Park on Sheek Island, NY.