Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Robert L. Stephenson and Alice L. L. Ferguson
Named For:
Date Identified: 1963
Type Site: Accokeek Creek Site, Maryland
Identified By: Robert L. Stephenson and Alice L. L. Ferguson
Named For:
Date Identified: 1963
Type Site: Accokeek Creek Site, 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. Ferguson was a trained painter who had an interest in archaeology. She initialized the excavation of Accokeek Creek Site and published many professional articles. 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. Ferguson was a trained painter who had an interest in archaeology. She initialized the excavation of Accokeek Creek Site and published many professional articles. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Clagett Side Notch
Cluster: Lamoka Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick triangular medium to large (1.7 to 3.46 inch) expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade primarily excurvate to Straight. The blade is long and narrow. The shoulders may vary from horizontal to having an upward slope. Parallel notches form an expanding stem. The base is generally straight. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 43 to 89 mm, Stem Length - 15% to 20% of the total length, Width - 15 to 29 mm (average 22 mm), Stem Width - Wider than the length of the stem, Thickness - 6 to 13 mm
Total Length - 43 to 89 mm, Stem Length - 15% to 20% of the total length, Width - 15 to 29 mm (average 22 mm), Stem Width - Wider than the length of the stem, Thickness - 6 to 13 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Quartzite is the most commonly used material followed by quartz and to a lesser extent rhyolite.
Quartzite is the most commonly used material followed by quartz and to a lesser extent rhyolite.
Additional Comments:
Stephenson and Ferguson (1963) felt that this type was a variant of the Bare Island type with the difference being that this type has an expanding stem while the Bare Island has a straight stem. They also noted a similarity to the Orient type. LeeDecker and Koldehoff (1991) suggested that this may be a variant of the Halifax / Vernon type, just a larger (mainly quartzite) longer variant of those types.
Stephenson and Ferguson (1963) felt that this type was a variant of the Bare Island type with the difference being that this type has an expanding stem while the Bare Island has a straight stem. They also noted a similarity to the Orient type. LeeDecker and Koldehoff (1991) suggested that this may be a variant of the Halifax / Vernon type, just a larger (mainly quartzite) longer variant of those types.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in northern Virginia and into Maryland.
This point is primarily found in northern Virginia and into Maryland.
Age / Periods:
Date: 4,500 - 3,500 B.P.
Cultural Period:Middle to Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Date: 4,500 - 3,500 B.P.
Cultural Period:Middle to Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Age Details:
LeeDecker and Koldehoff (1991) suggest that this is a variant of the Halifax / Vernon and place this as a coeval giving a date of 3,000 - 2,000 B.C. Steponaitis (1986) suggest a newer date of 2,000 - 1,700 B.C. Most people place this in the Late Archaic period except for the State of Virginia which places this point as a Middle Archaic period point.
LeeDecker and Koldehoff (1991) suggest that this is a variant of the Halifax / Vernon and place this as a coeval giving a date of 3,000 - 2,000 B.C. Steponaitis (1986) suggest a newer date of 2,000 - 1,700 B.C. Most people place this in the Late Archaic period except for the State of Virginia which places this point as a Middle Archaic period point.
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Normanskill
Normanskill
