Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Floyd Painter and Wm. Jack Hranicky
Named For: Chesapeake Bay
Date Identified: 1988
Type Site:
Identified By: Floyd Painter and Wm. Jack Hranicky
Named For: Chesapeake Bay
Date Identified: 1988
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Provisional type
Painter is a respected archaeologist who spent decades documenting Paleo to post-contact cultures in Virginia Region. Hranicky is an avocational archaeologist and has served as Director of the Virginia Rockart survey and has published numerous personal books. This type was named in a professional publication and has limited professional references and needs greater professional recognition. This type has many collector source references. This point is considered a provisional type.
Painter is a respected archaeologist who spent decades documenting Paleo to post-contact cultures in Virginia Region. Hranicky is an avocational archaeologist and has served as Director of the Virginia Rockart survey and has published numerous personal books. This type was named in a professional publication and has limited professional references and needs greater professional recognition. This type has many collector source references. This point is considered a provisional type.
Chesapeake Diamond
Provisional Type Cluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular bi-pointed knife with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily straight with the widest part of the blade being one half to one third towards the base of the knife. This knife is commonly beveled and has a random flaking pattern.
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the coastal regions and Piedmont of Virginia and into Maryland and North Carolina. Has been reported into Williamsburg County, South Carolina along the Black River.
This point is primarily found in the coastal regions and Piedmont of Virginia and into Maryland and North Carolina. Has been reported into Williamsburg County, South Carolina along the Black River.
Age / Periods:
Date: 7,000 - 6,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Date: 7,000 - 6,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
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