Projectile Points from Caches in Mound 72, Cahokia. Number of Points per Type-Variety (after Ahler in press, Table 8.3).

Type—Variety

Cache 1550

Cache 1551

Cache 1970

Total

I-A

18

24 (1)*

173 (6)

215 (7)

I-B

22

78

78 (3)

178 (3)

I-C

10

0

0

10

I-D

19

0

0

19

I-E

0

0

7

7

II-A

0

4

0

4

III-A

1

0

0

1

IV-A

3

0

0

3

V-A

13

0

0

13

V-B

1

0

0

1

VI-A

0

7

0

7

VI-B

0

10

0

10

VII-A

42

38

22

102

VII-B

0

16

5

21

VII-C

44

0

138 (2)

182 (2)

VII-D

2

0

13 (1)

15 (1)

VII-E

3

0

0

3

VII-F

0

3

0

3

VIII-A

1

9

0

10

VIII-B

0

0

13

13

IX-A

37

0

0

37

IX-B

0

0

2

2

X-A

108

0

0

108

XI-A

0

14 (1)

0

14 (1)

XI-B

0

35 (1)

0

35(1)

XI-C

0

72

0

72

XI-D

0

37 (2)

0

37 (2)

XI-E

0

30 (4)

0

30 (4)

XI-F

8

0

0

8

TOTALS

332

377 (9)

451 (12)

1160 (21)

*Numbers in parentheses are fragments. Other numbers are totals of both whole and fragmented points.

 

Fowler, M.L., J. Rose, B. Vander Leest, and S.R. Ahler (in press). The Mound 72 Area: Dedicated and Sacred Space in Early Cahokia. Illinois State Museum Reports of Investigation, No. 54. Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL.