NYSAA Bulletin No. 107 — Dogan Point Archaeological Site — Passage 28 (part 6)
[Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)] Three of thes e scrapers were made on recycled projectile points, rotated 180 degrees. Polishes on the Archaic triangular points indicate a probable use only in piercing, while the Woodland triangles evidenced dual functions of piercing and scraping. Three drills were inspected, and all had been used to drill antler or bone, most likely antler. The Middle and Late Archaic stemmed points had various uses in piercing, butchery, bone/ antler grooving, and planing after intentional snapping. All tools examined had been hafted (Kimball 1994). One hundred forty-two whole projectile points and parts are known from Dogan Point (Table 1), and 86 of these could be located for reexamination (by Robert Funk) in 1993. Most of the points excavated by Brennan from the southern area of the site, Camp Site 1, and during his first two years of field work, could not be relocated. Of the 86 points reexamined, there were two Middle Archaic points including one Neville, 39 Late Archaic points including 9 Brewertons, 12 transitional Archaic points including three Susquehanna Broads, two Middle Woodland points, and 17 Late Woodland points, dominated by 11 Levannas. The other points were of indeterminate age. Table 2 provides measurements of some of these points. The Late Archaic component clearly evidences a Laurentian tool tradition but lacks ground slate objects, copper, and barbed bone points. Figure 4. Possible shell artifact.