Celebrate Native American culture in downtown Dover, Del. on Sept. 2, 7 and 14, 2019
Spotlighting the Lenapé Indian Tribe of Delaware, events will include music, drumming, dancing, crafts and lectures.
Question 05
Does the point have a broad blade, or a narrow blade? This question can be hard to answer because your point may fall in between the two examples shown above. The best thing to do is pick which illustration looks most like your point. If broad blade, click here. If narrow blade, click here.
Contact Period
Contact Period (A.D. 1600 – 1750.) The Contact Period is enigmatic cultural period of Delaware’s archaeological record which begins with the arrival of the first substantial numbers of Europeans and ends with the extermination of all but a few remnant communities of Native Americans. The Lenape were the main ethnic group living in Delaware at […]
Question 07
Is the stem broad and does it expand in width toward the base? If yes, it is a Susquehanna Broadspear. 2000 B.C. – 1500 B.C. If no, click here.
Question 08
Is the stem broad and does it expand in width toward the base? If yes, it is a Fox Creek. 400 A.D. – 900 A.D. If no, click here.
Question 20
Does the point have deep corner notches If yes, it is a Charleston Corner-Notched Point. 8500 B.C. – 6500 B.C. If no, you have a generalized notched point that could be dated to any time period between 5000 B.C. and A.D. 1000 Click here to identify another point.
Question 13
Does the stem contract slightly in width toward the base? If yes, you have a Piney Island Point. 5000 B.C. – A.D. 1000. Most likely to date between 3000 B.C. and A.D. 500. If no, click here.
Question 14
Does the stem contact sharply in width toward the base? If yes, you have a Poplar Island Point. 5000 B.C. – A.D.1000. If no, you have a generalized stemmed point that could date to any time period between 5000 B.C. and A.D. 800. Click here to identify another point.
Question 24
Does the point have an unmodified lanceolate shape? If yes, it is a Fox Creek Lanceolate Point. A.D. 400 – 900 If no, you have some kind of lanceolate point that does not fit into any known categories and cannot be classified using this system. Click here to identify another point.
Question 15
Does the point have parallel sides and deep corner notches? If yes, it is a Jack’s Reef Corner-Notched Point. A.D. 600 – 900 If no, click here.
