Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: James Gray /Lloyd Schroder
Named For: David Coker (collector)
Date Identified: 1976 / 2002
Type Site: Marvin Masser Farm, Hillsboro County, Florida
Identified By: James Gray /Lloyd Schroder
Named For: David Coker (collector)
Date Identified: 1976 / 2002
Type Site: Marvin Masser Farm, Hillsboro County, Florida
Point Validity:
Collector type
Schroder serves as webmaster for Peachtree Archaeological Society and has authored three books on projectile points of the Georgia and Florida region. This type was named in a personal book on projectile points. This type has no professional references. This is considered a collector type.
Schroder serves as webmaster for Peachtree Archaeological Society and has authored three books on projectile points of the Georgia and Florida region. This type was named in a personal book on projectile points. This type has no professional references. This is considered a collector type.
Coker Knife
AKA: Wills PointCollector Type
Cluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large (3 to 5.5 inches) triangular knife contracting stem point with a thin elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with the tip curving in and the edges becoming almost parallel. One edge of the blade is commonly straighter than the other edge. The shoulders are commonly asymmetrical with one shoulder being wider (the excurvate edge) and the other shoulder being slightly narrower (the straighter edge). The shoulders are primarily horizontal, but may range to slightly barbed. The stem is contracting with a convex base. This point commonly has a high quality of workmanship and a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 75 to 125 mm, Stem Length - 15 to 25 mm, Blade Width - 30 to 50 mm, Stem Width (at shoulders) - 18 to 25 mm, Thickness - average 10 mm (***based on small sample size***)
Total Length - 75 to 125 mm, Stem Length - 15 to 25 mm, Blade Width - 30 to 50 mm, Stem Width (at shoulders) - 18 to 25 mm, Thickness - average 10 mm (***based on small sample size***)
Commonly Utilized Material:
Silicified cherty limestone and cherts
Silicified cherty limestone and cherts
Additional Comments:
These points were originally referred to as Wills points by local collectors. The name originated from a nickname that friends called Mr. Marvin Masser (Schroder, 2012).
These points were originally referred to as Wills points by local collectors. The name originated from a nickname that friends called Mr. Marvin Masser (Schroder, 2012).
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
The distribution of this point is unknown. It is found in Hillsboro County Florida, but could have a similar distribution to the Thonotosassa point in central Florida.
The distribution of this point is unknown. It is found in Hillsboro County Florida, but could have a similar distribution to the Thonotosassa point in central Florida.
Age / Periods:
Date:
Cultural Period: Early to Middle Archaic
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Date:
Cultural Period: Early to Middle Archaic
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Age Details:
Schroder (2012) notes that these points were commonly found with Sumter and Six Mile Creek points suggesting an Early Archaic association, but they are also found with Putnam and Thonotosassa points may point to a Middle Archaic association. No radio-carbon dating has been done.
Schroder (2012) notes that these points were commonly found with Sumter and Six Mile Creek points suggesting an Early Archaic association, but they are also found with Putnam and Thonotosassa points may point to a Middle Archaic association. No radio-carbon dating has been done.
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Putnam, Six Mile Creek, Sumter, Thonotosassa
Putnam, Six Mile Creek, Sumter, Thonotosassa
