Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Leo Dunn
Named For:
Date Identified: 1992
Type Site:
Identified By: Leo Dunn
Named For:
Date Identified: 1992
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Collector type
Dunn is an avocational archaeologist. This type was named in the CSSA Journal and has no professional recognition. This is considered a collector type.
Dunn is an avocational archaeologist. This type was named in the CSSA Journal and has no professional recognition. This is considered a collector type.
Aux Arc Expanding Stem
(Collector Type)Cluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick medium (2 to 3 inches) triangular expanding stem point with a medium ridge to elliptical cross section.. The blade is excurvate. Broad notches form a shoulder that ranges from horizontal to having an upward angle. The stem is expanding with a base that varies from straight to convex. This point has a random flaking pattern.
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Additional Comments:
Loyd Doty reports:
Loyd Doty reports:
AUX ARC (Expanded Stem) – is French meaning ‘bend in the river’ and describes a large bend in the Arkansas River near the Aux Arc recreation area midway between Fort Smith and Clarksville, Arkansas. This point type was named by amateur Leon Dunn for examples recovered from sites in that portion of the Arkansas River. It is a medium sized (2” to 3”) projectile and knife with expanded blades, strong shoulders that are round or straight and a straight stem with expanded base that is straight or slightly concave. There are two variants of the type, the Hurricane and the Harris. Distribution includes Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and they were in use during the Middle Archaic period.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is reported in the Aux Arc region of the Arkansas river and into the surrounding region. Dunn lists the primary distribution of this type as Franklin County Arkansas and into northwestern Arkansas.
This point is reported in the Aux Arc region of the Arkansas river and into the surrounding region. Dunn lists the primary distribution of this type as Franklin County Arkansas and into northwestern Arkansas.
Age / Periods:
Date: 7,000 - 4,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Date: 7,000 - 4,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
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