Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Bruce Lindstrom and Kenneth Stevenson
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1987
Type Site: The Anderson Site (40WM9), Williamson County, Tennessee
Identified By: Bruce Lindstrom and Kenneth Stevenson
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1987
Type Site: The Anderson Site (40WM9), Williamson County, Tennessee
Point Validity:
Provisional type
Information on who named this type is limited. The site was excavated by anthropologist and professional publication by Lindstrom and Stevenson, and is a highly referenced publication. This point was named in a professional publication, but has limited references to the specific type. This is a provisional type.
Information on who named this type is limited. The site was excavated by anthropologist and professional publication by Lindstrom and Stevenson, and is a highly referenced publication. This point was named in a professional publication, but has limited references to the specific type. This is a provisional type.
Anderson Corner Notch
(Provisional Type)Cluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large (2 1/2 to 5 inches) triangular corner notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from slightly excurvate to straight. The shoulders are barbed with an expanding stem. The base is primarily straight, but may vary from slightly concave to slightly convex. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
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Additional Comments:
These point have many similarities with the younger Apple Creek type.
Loyd Doty reports:
These point have many similarities with the younger Apple Creek type.
Loyd Doty reports:
ANDERSON (Corner Notch) (B) – was named by amateur John T. Dowd in 1972 and formally described by archaeologists Bruce Lindstrom and Kenneth Stevenson for examples recovered from the Anderson archaeological site (40WM9) on the Harpeth River in Williamson County, Tennessee. They are medium to large sized (2 ½” to 5”) projectiles and knives with straight or recurved blade edges, barbed shoulders, corner notches and straight or expanded stems with straight bases. Distribution includes Ten
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in areas associated with Anasazi sites. This point may be found on the Colorado Plateau in the southern Manti La Sal range and southward to the Su Site of New Mexico and westward to Navajo Mountain.
This point is primarily found in areas associated with Anasazi sites. This point may be found on the Colorado Plateau in the southern Manti La Sal range and southward to the Su Site of New Mexico and westward to Navajo Mountain.
Age / Periods:
Date: 6,000 - 5,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Date: 6,000 - 5,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
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Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
