Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Barry C. Kent
Named For: Brandywine River, Pennsylvania
Date Identified: 1970
Type Site: Abajo Site (29SJ116), San Juan County, New Mexico
Identified By: Barry C. Kent
Named For: Brandywine River, Pennsylvania
Date Identified: 1970
Type Site: Abajo Site (29SJ116), San Juan County, New Mexico
Point Validity:
Valid type
Kent is a professional anthropologist and a professor at Pennsylvania State University and York College of Pennsylvania. He specializes in anthropology of Pennsylvania.
Kent is a professional anthropologist and a professor at Pennsylvania State University and York College of Pennsylvania. He specializes in anthropology of Pennsylvania.
Brandywine Stemmed
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium (1 to 2 inches) side notch knife with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate and commonly asymmetrical due to re-sharpening of the blade. The tip is commonly needle like in appearance. The shoulders are at an upward angle with an expanding stem. The base ranges from straight to concave, basal corners are rounded on examples with concave bases. This point has a random flaking pattern.
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Additional Comments:
Loyd Doty notes:
BRANDYWINE (Stemmed) – was named by archaeologist Barry C. Kent for examples recovered from sites in the Brandywine River drainage in Chester County Pennsylvania. They are small (1-2”) knives that are crudely made and most often asymmetrical from sharpening. They normally have needle sharp tips, convex or recurved blade edges and expanded stems with straight or concave basal edges. Those that are concave usually have round ears at each basal end. Distribution includes Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and they were in use during the middle to late Archaic period. Reference: Kent, Barry C., Warfel, Stephen G. & Carr, Kurt W. 1985 Archaeological Site Survey and Recording in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Archaeologist 55(1-2):54-56.
Loyd Doty notes:
BRANDYWINE (Stemmed) – was named by archaeologist Barry C. Kent for examples recovered from sites in the Brandywine River drainage in Chester County Pennsylvania. They are small (1-2”) knives that are crudely made and most often asymmetrical from sharpening. They normally have needle sharp tips, convex or recurved blade edges and expanded stems with straight or concave basal edges. Those that are concave usually have round ears at each basal end. Distribution includes Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and they were in use during the middle to late Archaic period. Reference: Kent, Barry C., Warfel, Stephen G. & Carr, Kurt W. 1985 Archaeological Site Survey and Recording in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Archaeologist 55(1-2):54-56.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Brandywine River valley of Pennsylvania.
This point is primarily found in the Brandywine River valley of Pennsylvania.
Age / Periods:
Date: 5,000 - 3,000 B.P.
Cultural Period:Middle to Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
Culture:
Date: 5,000 - 3,000 B.P.
Cultural Period:Middle to Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
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