GLEN MEYER TANG TRIANGULAR POINTS
Late Woodland: 1.500 to 350 BP
DESCRIPTION: Glen Meyer Tang Triangular points range
in size from 30 to 59 mm in length, 16 to 27 mm in width, and
4 to 6 mm in thickness. The lateral edges on these triangular
points can vary from concave to convex, but the most common edge
configuration is convex. The basl edges are always concave and
oblique to the long axis. In some cases, this obliqueness is exaggerated
to the point where it forms a pronounced single barb. Bifacial
retouch is irregular and may cover both faces, but then some specimens
were simply retouched on the second face.
DISTRIBUTION: These points are found scattered across southwestern
Ontario from the Niagara escarpment and peninsula in the east,
to Lambton County in the west, and primarily within the Carolinian
biotic regions.
RAW MATERIAL: Most Glen Meyer Tang Triangular points were
made from Onondaga chert, but the more westerly groups tended
to use Kettle Point chert. These points are produced on flake
blanks and vary from roughly equilateral to lenticular isoceles
in shape. This latter shape is quite distinctive with the barbed
lateral margin often being concave.
AGE AND CULTURE: These points are characteristic of the
western Early Ontario Iroquois, and seem to occur in use on sites
as early as 700 A.D. and continue in use until about 1,300 A.D.
REFERENCES: London Chapter, Ontario Archaeological Society.
B. Deller and C. Ellis, 1984 Barnes Fluted Points. KEWA 84-6.