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1 BULLETINOFTHEMASSACHUSETTSARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETYVOLUME62(1)CONTENTS:SPRING2001 ,JoyceClements4 NarrowTriangularPointsinSoutheasternMass achusetts:APaleoindian-EarlyArchaicTrans ition? 'sLandingWest(l9-PL-878) ,TheNewAge,andLocalTruths. AlanLeveillee23 Wampumpeag:ItsRoleasCurrencyinMassachuse ttsPhilipBrady29 LetterstotheEditor:UnidentifiedArtifacts BernardOtto, 'sNote1 NotetoContributors10 THEMASSACHUSETTSARCHAEOLOGICALSOCIETY, ,Middleborough,Massachusetts02346 MASSACHUSETTSARCHAEOLOGICALSOCIETYO fficers:RonaldDalton,100 BrookhavenDr.,Attleboro,MA02703..Preside ntDonaldGammons,7 VirginiaDr.,Lakeville, ,127 WashburnStreet,Northborough, ,26 HeritageRd.,Rehoboth,MA02769 TreasurerEugeneWinter,54 TrullLn.,Lowell,MA01852 MuseumCoordinatorShirleyBlancke,579 AnnursnacHillRd.,Concord,MA01742'..Bulle tinEditorCurtissHoffman,58 HilldaleRd.

2 ,Ashland,MA01721 CorrespondingSecretaryDarrellPinckney,26 68 EdgewoodAve.,Schenectady,NY12306..PastPr esidentTrustees:Termexpires2001[A];2002[ +];2003[*]:FredericaDimmick,10 SassamonRd.,Natick,MA01760*DianaDoucette ,26 JeromeAve.,Newton,MA02465*NiciaGruener,3 0 BancroftRd.,Andover,MA01810 ALorraineKerrigan, ,EastTaunton,MA02718+TomLux,38 SomersetAve.,Riverside,RI02915+MaryanneM acLeod,SwettHillRd.,Sterling,MA01564*Rob ertPlante,36 WilliamsSt.,NorthEaston,MA02356*JohnRemp elakis,7 FairviewFarmRd.,Haverhill,MA01832'""Jean -JacquesRivard,6 RobertDr.#93,Middleboro,MA02346* ,156 AraratSt.,Worcester,MA01606+ElizabethTha rp,12 BradfordAve.,Foxborough,MA02035+JohnThom pson,406 MainSt.,Medfield,MA02052'""TomLux,38 SomersetAve.,Riverside,RI02915 NewsletterEditorCurtissHoffman,58 HilldaleRd.,Ashland, ,145 AldrichSt.,Roslindale,MA02131..Assistant LibrarianTheBULLETINOFTHEMASSACHUSETTSAR CHAEOLOGICALSOCIETY ispublishedsemi-annually,witha springVolume1 anda $30;individualmembershipsintheSocietytha tincludereceivingtheBulletinare$ ,familymembers,seniors,students,etc.

3 ,andrequestsforbackissuesoftheBulletinsh ouldbeaddressedtotheMuseumOfficeDirector ,ThomasLux,MassachusettsArchaeologicalSo ciety, ,Middleborough,MA02346(508-947-9005).Man uscriptsandcommunicationsfortheBulletinm aybesenttotheeditor,ShirleyBlancke,579 AnnursnacHillRd.,Concord, ,VOLUME62(1),2001 EDITOR'SNOTEW earepleasedtoreprintBronaSimon' ,togetherwithreminiscencesfromtwocolleag ues,anda is expectedthatpapersthatweregiveninherhono rattheAnnualMeeting,Spring2000,willbepub lishedinnextyear'sSpringissue, ,2001,willhonorRussellGardner(GreatMoose ).ItwasdecidedindeferencetoWampanoagcust omtowaita ,oftenoverlookedbecausetheyareusuallyfou ndsingly, 'sandAlanLeveillee' 'spaperandtheLetterstotheEditorsection, a formertrusteeoftheMassachusettsArchaeolo gicalSociety,anda a volunteerintheRobbinsMuseum,Middleboroug h, SeniorArchaeologistatthePublicArchaeolog yLaboratory,Inc.

4 (PAL),ofPawtuckel,RI,andis a a long- ' , ,Boston, ,Jr.,isa ProjectArchaeologistforthePublicArchaeol ogyLaboratory,Inc.(PAL),inPawtucket,RI, ,theTransitionalArchaicperiod, journal and its contents may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling,loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. 2011 MASSACHUSETTS ARCHAEOLOGICAL : ~ , ,52,diedinBostononseminalwork,AnArchaeoL ogist'sGuidetoChertMay2,2000afterfightin gcanceroverthepastfewandFlint(1992,repri ntedin1994,byUCLA' ) , ~teaching,writing,travel-GreatLakestothe Easting:--andsingingina localCoast, ,sheofMassachusettsatlaunchedapioneering Boston,whereshehadsurveytoidentifypre-ta ughtsince1974andhadhistoricsitesontheser vedasdepartmentalislandsinBostonHarbor, , ,oftheHarborIslandLuedtkegrewupnearsites ,LuedtkefilledinSanDiego, ,andearneda , journal and its contents may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes.

5 Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling,loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. 2011 MASSACHUSETTS ARCHAEOLOGICAL ,VOLUME62(1), , , ' ,Luedtkewasabletodistinguish' ,Luedtkeresearchedlithictechnologiesofea rlysitesinPatagoniathathadbeenexcavatedb yJuniusBird, ,lithicanalysis,archaeologicalscience,hu ntergatherers,andmethodandtheorytoanthro pologymajors,Barbarasoughttoreachouttoth egeneralstudentbodybyteachinga coursecalled"ArchaeologicalFactsandFanta sies."Usingarchaeologicaldata,logic,andr easoning,studentslearnedhowtodispelmyths concerningaliens,Precolumbianvisitorstot heNewWorld,andotherfantasiesmadepopulart hroughfiction,television, ' ,whosemembershipischieflycomprisedofavoc ationaloramateurarchaeologists."Amateurs areonthefrontlines,"sheoncesaid.

6 "Theyhavesomuchenthusiasmtoharness."Tofo custhatenergy, ,shefosteredcontributionsofsitereportsfr omavocationals, ,especiallySAA,servingonandaschairoftheF ryxellAwardandBookAwardCommittees,andasa memberoftheCommitteeonPublicArchaeology( COPA). , ,shereceivedtheSAA's ,shewasgivenaPreservationAwardaspartofth eMassachusettsHistoricalCommission' ,20technicalreports, ,science,CRM, ,supportofhercolleagues, ,anthropologists,students,avo-cationals, NativeAmericans, ,volume18,number4,page17, :Thisisa specialfriend,colleague, I wouldnotbethere, ,her1980unpublishedmanuscriptaboutvolcan icsintheBostonarea,identification, alwayslookedforBarbintheaudiencewhenI lovedto"talkrocks." wastalkingabout,wouldcorrectmewhennecess ary, 'srigorousscholarship,herlimitless,unsel fishsupportofstudentsandavocationalarcha eologists, colleagueanda singlehilariousobservationabouta publicfigure,neitherinpublicnorinprivate didI celebrateBarbara' journal and its contents may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes.

7 Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling,loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. 2011 MASSACHUSETTS ARCHAEOLOGICAL ,VOLUME62(1),2001 NARROWTRIANGULARPOINTSINSOUTHEASTERNMASS ACHUSETTS:APALEOINDIAN-EARLYARCHAICTRANS ITION? ,someprofessionalsincluded, ,size,andmanufacturefromLevannapointsoft heLateWoodlandperiod( ).Thesepointspossessthegeneraltraitsofmu chearlierClovispoints, ,allhavea concavebasewithears,andshortthinningflak esarepresent, , , Thismightmakeit (7/8in.) (11/8in.) (17/8in.) (21/8in.) (1/4in.) (5/16in.).AftersomeresearchI (Overstreet1999)callsthemDaltonClassic, ,Westborough, MASSACHUSETTS (Hoffman2000,C opyright( ). (Dragoo:1982)TheMassachusettsHistoricalC om-missionGuidetoPrehistoricSiteFilesand ArtifactClassificationSystem(MHC1984)cal lsthemDalton-Likeandsays theyareextremelyrareineasternMassachuset ts, ,I , ,chert, (Robbins1967).)

8 FifteenDalton-LikepointsfromtheareaofBer kley,Bridgewater,Middleborough,andTaunto n, MASSACHUSETTS ,andTiverton,RhodeIsland, areshowninFigure1, (Figure1, ) ,inTauntonandDighton, journal and its contents may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, re-distribution, re-selling,loan or sub-licensing, systematic supply or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. 2011 MASSACHUSETTS ARCHAEOLOGICAL :NarrowTriangularPointsinSoutheasternMas sachusetts:APaleoindian-EarlyArchaicTran sition? :eDNumbersreadfromlefttorightinFigure1.@ FrankHammond@WilliamTaylor Pinkjasper ElmerWoodBULLETINOFTHEMASSACHUSETTSARCHA EOLOGICALSOCIETY,VOLUME62(1),20017 OneTiticutSitespecimenoffelsite(Figure1, ) (Figure1, )startsoutstraightfromthebase, (Figure1, ,15) (Figure1, )ismadeofa (l9-PL-161, ), (Figure1, ) (Attleborough, MASSACHUSETTS )frameofpoint sattheRobbinsMuseum(notillustrated).

9 HecollectedatDiamondHillinCumberland,Rho deIsland, , ,ondisplayattheScituateHistoricalSociety buildingonCudworthRoad,Scituate, ,ParallelLanceolates,Neville, 'sBridgeofStylesexhibitofearlypointsfrom theNorthRiverdrainagesitesincludeKirkSte mmedwithfineserrations,ClassicEden,Paral lelStem,andColbert-Greenbriar,formsfromt he10,000-8, (Hallaren1988). , ,acrystalquartztriangularpointwitha concavebasewasfoundandmislabeledaLevanna point(Smith1994).Radiocarbondatingonchar coalconfirmsanageof8,280 (Beta-79094,correctedforaBC). ,withnineradiocarbondatesbetween8,300to7 , ,570 (Beta58115) ,880 (Beta63078,fromcharcoal)(DoucetteandCros s1997).AttheBassettKnollSiteinRaynham,Ma ssachusetts,twoEarlyArchaicdatesof8480 (Beta33410)and8430 (Beta35400)wereobtainedfromcharcoalsampl esrecoveredfroma deeppitfeature(BegleyandDavin1996). ThePlymouthStreetsiteinBridgewaterhasear lydatesrangingfrom7,850 ,980 (Beta15192)fora BifurcateoccupationandKirkStemmedgroup(H allaren1988).

10 OthercontemporaneouspointsfromtheTiticut areaduringthistransitionalperiod,someofw hichhavebasalthiIming,includeParallelLan ceolates,ParallelStem,andEden-Like.(This typologyfollowsHoffman1991,MHC1984,Fowle r1963.) , :NarrowTriangularPointsinSoutheasternMas sachusetts:APaleoindian-EarlyArchaicTran sition? :toprow1-5,ParallelLanceolate; ;bottomrow9-11, (em)(em) (s)(em)TownCollectionToprow1< :<DNumbersreadfromlefttorightinFigure2 WilliamTaylorQ)Black-veinedquartz@FrankH ammond ElmerWoodBULLETINOFTHEMASSACHUSETTSARCHA EOLOGICALSOCIETY,VOLUME62(1),20019goodus eofquartz,whileknappersofBifurcate,Eden- Like,ParallelStem, , , , , ;DataRecoveryProgramRiverside219PL703and Riverside319PL702 Sites,LakevilleCorporateParkProjectareas ,Lakeville, ,Inc., ,Lakeville,MA;SverdrupCorp.,Boston,MA,an dMassachusettsBayTransportationAuthority ,Quincy, , , ,2, , ,Gloucester, , (1) , ,500to8, ,Curtiss1991A # ,Boston, , , ,Inc.