Mansion Inn blades belong to the Susquehanna tradition. They often occur in caches and they can be considered preforms of Susquehanna and Perkiomen points. There are 3 varieties of this blade form. The Watertown variety is the largest, with a triangular shape blade and short contracting stem. Noted for their thinness. The Dudley variety is similar but with smaller proportions. The Coburn variety is a narrow lance with straight to convex blade edges. Weak shoulders may, or may not, be present. Mansion Inn blades date to the Transitional Archaic-Early Woodland.
Some discussion of these blades on this page:
http://books.google.com/books?id=1Tg...0blade&f=false
Examples from Pa.:
Watertown variety, broken and glued, Scituate, RI:
Dudley variety. Narragansett Bay:
Coburn variety. Martha's Vineyard, Ma.
Some discussion of these blades on this page:
http://books.google.com/books?id=1Tg...0blade&f=false
Examples from Pa.:
Watertown variety, broken and glued, Scituate, RI:
Dudley variety. Narragansett Bay:
Coburn variety. Martha's Vineyard, Ma.
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