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Not a personal find. But rare as hen's teeth, and I had to bring it home to RI where it was found. Our member mainejman finds ground slate artifacts made by the Maritime Archaic of coastal Maine, aka the Red Paint People, aka the Late Archaic Moorehead Phase.
But, there was another Late Archaic culture, the Vergennes Phase of the Laurentian Tradition( a tradition that included Brewerton points) that made ground slate implements, and probably inspired by the Red Paint examples from Maine. The diagnostic point type of the Vergennes Phase in the Northeast are Otter Creek Points(The SE analog would be Big Sandy points). Two RI Otter Creek points seen below. The ground slate points made by this culture are found in all the New England states and NY, and probably a bit further afield. Many of their slate points show notches on the stem, as this RI example does. The illustration is from Willoughby's "Antiquities of the New England Indians"(1935), and shows Vergennes Phase ground slate points from Vermont. The RI point is just under 5".
But, there was another Late Archaic culture, the Vergennes Phase of the Laurentian Tradition( a tradition that included Brewerton points) that made ground slate implements, and probably inspired by the Red Paint examples from Maine. The diagnostic point type of the Vergennes Phase in the Northeast are Otter Creek Points(The SE analog would be Big Sandy points). Two RI Otter Creek points seen below. The ground slate points made by this culture are found in all the New England states and NY, and probably a bit further afield. Many of their slate points show notches on the stem, as this RI example does. The illustration is from Willoughby's "Antiquities of the New England Indians"(1935), and shows Vergennes Phase ground slate points from Vermont. The RI point is just under 5".
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