SCALLORN POINTS & "EXOTIC"
FORM OF MOUND 72 POINTS

MOUND 72

A.D. 1000
CAHOKIA MOUNDS STATE HISTORIC SITE
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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COPYRIGHT SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 PETER A. BOSTROM

    The top row in this picture are classified as type X points in Fowler's report. They are all made of Pitkin chert and 108 of them were found in cache number 1550. Ray identifies them as Scallorn points. The five points in the bottom row are type XI points. There were approximately 8 of these points in cache number 1550. These types of fanciful "exotic" forms have only been reported in Mound 72. All of them are made of brown kaolin chert.

Mound 72 points, Scallorn points & "exotic" serrated forms.

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