Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: W. Raymond Wood
Named For: W. P. Agee, Jr. who found this type in 1906
Date Identified: 1963
Type Site: Crenshaw Mount, Miller County, Arkansas
Identified By: W. Raymond Wood
Named For: W. P. Agee, Jr. who found this type in 1906
Date Identified: 1963
Type Site: Crenshaw Mount, Miller County, Arkansas
Point Validity:
Valid type
Woods is an anthropologist who specializes in Great Plains Archeology. This point was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is a valid type.
Woods is an anthropologist who specializes in Great Plains Archeology. This point was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is a valid type.
Agee Corner Notch
Cluster: Alba Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small to medium corner notched point with a flattened cross section. The blade is primarily recurvate, but may be straight on some, especially smaller, examples. Many examples have a excurvate tip with parallel sides and flaring out at the shoulders edge. Deep notches enter the blade at a 45 degree and from the base and generally form a U or V shape. The shoulder are barbed with terminations that may range from square to rounded or pointed. The stem is expanding with a convex base with a fan or bulbous appearance. The base rarely has multiple notches. This point is made using carefully controlled pressure flaking with flaking patterns that may range from oblique flaking more commonly seen on larger examples to random flaking more common on smaller examples. This point has a high quality of workmanship.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 13 to 55 mm (average 25 to 35 mm), Stem Length - 5 to 8 mm, Blade Width at Shoulders - 10 to 25 mm (average 15 mm), Neck Width - 5 to 8 mm, Stem Width - 8 to 15 mm, Thickness - 2 to 4 mm
Total Length - 13 to 55 mm (average 25 to 35 mm), Stem Length - 5 to 8 mm, Blade Width at Shoulders - 10 to 25 mm (average 15 mm), Neck Width - 5 to 8 mm, Stem Width - 8 to 15 mm, Thickness - 2 to 4 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
This point is similar to the Homan point, but may be distinguished by the flat tipped barb commonly seen on the Agee point (Turner and Hester, 1985).
Davis (1995) feels that this may represent a ceremonial point due to being found in caches associated with burials. Davis believes that Agee and Homan points may be part of a continuum being very similar in general appearance.
James A. Brown (1976) states that this may represent "A socio-technic point of the Spiro phase and earlier.” , describing specimens as socio-technic points of the late Coles Creek culture also made for non-utilitarian use.
This point is similar to the Homan point, but may be distinguished by the flat tipped barb commonly seen on the Agee point (Turner and Hester, 1985).
Davis (1995) feels that this may represent a ceremonial point due to being found in caches associated with burials. Davis believes that Agee and Homan points may be part of a continuum being very similar in general appearance.
James A. Brown (1976) states that this may represent "A socio-technic point of the Spiro phase and earlier.” , describing specimens as socio-technic points of the late Coles Creek culture also made for non-utilitarian use.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found at Late Coles Creek sites of southwestern Arkansas and northeastern Texas, and into the Spiro site of LeFlore County Oklahoma. They have been reported into northern Louisiana.
This point is primarily found at Late Coles Creek sites of southwestern Arkansas and northeastern Texas, and into the Spiro site of LeFlore County Oklahoma. They have been reported into northern Louisiana.
Age / Periods:
Date: 1,000 - 700 B.P.
Cultural Period: Mississippian
Glacial Period: Medieval Warm
Culture: Coals Creek Culture and Caddoan Culture
Date: 1,000 - 700 B.P.
Cultural Period: Mississippian
Glacial Period: Medieval Warm
Culture: Coals Creek Culture and Caddoan Culture
Age Details:
