DANIELS POINTS
Late Woodland: 1,000 to 350 BP
DESCRIPTION: Daniels Triangular points range in size
from 17 to 41 mm in length, 9 to 27 mm in width, and 3 to 7 mm
in thickness. These are generally small triangular bifaces with
convex lateral edges and a concave base. However, both the lateral
and basal edges can be convex, straight or primarily biconvex
and lenticular. There is a great variation in secondary flake
scar attributes and distribution over these bifaces; however,
the patterning is usually irregular and totally bifacial. Some
specimens may exhibit only edge retouching on one or both faces.
DISTRIBUTION: These points occur throughout the Niagara
Peninsula and the middle and lower Grand River drainage, as well
as the Hamilton vicinity and northeast to the Milton area. They
have also been recovered from several village sites in Chatham.
RAW MATERIAL: The majority of the Daniels Triangular points
are manufactured from Onondaga chert, although some Ancaster,
Niagara and Kettle Point chert specimens have been recorded.
AGE AND CULTURE: Daniels Triangular points characterize
the Neutral Confederacy from c. 1550 A.D. until their dispersal
around 1650 A.D. They appear to date earlier on the Chatham area
villages and are closely related to Ritchie's (1971) Madison points
from New York state.
REFERENCES: London Chapter, Ontario Archaeological Society.
W.A. Fox, 1981, Daniels Triangular Points. KEWA 81-1..