Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Robert Stephenson and L. Ferguson
Named For: Type Site county location in Maryland
Date Identified: 1963
Type Site: Accokeek Creek Site, Calvert County, Maryland
Identified By: Robert Stephenson and L. Ferguson
Named For: Type Site county location in Maryland
Date Identified: 1963
Type Site: Accokeek Creek Site, Calvert County, Maryland
Point Validity:
Valid type
Stephenson is a distinguished anthropologist who was a professor at the University of South Carolina and was an expert in southern archaeology. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Stephenson is a distinguished anthropologist who was a professor at the University of South Carolina and was an expert in southern archaeology. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Calvert Stemmed
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick triangular small to medium stemmed to expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight and is generally wide. The shoulders have an upward slope. The stem may range from straight to slightly contracting. The stem is long generally making up 30 to 50 percent of the total point length. The base is primarily straight, but may to slightly convex. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 25 to 48 mm (average 36), Blade Width - 18 to 31 mm (average 22 mm), Thickness - 8 to 13 mm.
Total Length - 25 to 48 mm (average 36), Blade Width - 18 to 31 mm (average 22 mm), Thickness - 8 to 13 mm.
Commonly Utilized Material:
Most common material is and rhyolite followed by quartzite, chert argillite, and jasper.
Most common material is and rhyolite followed by quartzite, chert argillite, and jasper.
Additional Comments:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in Maryland and into eastern Virginia and Delaware. Has been reported into northeastern North Carolina and into Pennsylvania
This point is primarily found in Maryland and into eastern Virginia and Delaware. Has been reported into northeastern North Carolina and into Pennsylvania
Age / Periods:
Date: 3,100 - 2,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Woodland
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Date: 3,100 - 2,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Woodland
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Dewart Stemmed, Gypsy, Lagoon, Vernon
Dewart Stemmed, Gypsy, Lagoon, Vernon
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
