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FULTON
TURKEY TAIL
LATE ARCHAIC TO EARLY WOODLAND
CLINTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
PRIVATE COLLECTION
COPYRIGHT NOVEMBER 30,
2011 PETER A. BOSTROM
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FULTON TURKEY TAIL
LATE ARCHAIC TO EARLY WOODLAND
CLINTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
This Turkey Tail point was found several years ago in
a cultivated field in Clinton County, Illinois. The majority of well
made Fulton Turkey Tail points, like this example, have been found in
caches. So it's likely that this point was part of a cache of other
points. It's made of Indiana Hornstone and it measures 4 5/16 inches long.
Fulton Turkey Tail points represent one type in the Turkey Tail
cluster. The other two types are the Harrison and Hebron points.
Fulton Turkey Tail points were named by Lewis Binford after Fulton
County, Illinois where many of them have been found. The shape of the
notched base was named for the shape of a dressed turkey's tail. These
points date to sometime during the Late Archaic and Early Woodland periods
between 3000 and 2500 years ago. They have been found in Kentucky,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and New York.
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