Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: William J. Hranicky
Named For: Culpeper County, Virginia
Date Identified: 1988
Type Site:
Identified By: William J. Hranicky
Named For: Culpeper County, Virginia
Date Identified: 1988
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Collector Type
Hranicky is an avocational archaeologist and has served as Director of the Virginia Rockart survey and has published numerous personal books. This point was named in his personally published book. No professional references to this type was able to be located, but this type has many collector source references. This is considered a collector type.
Hranicky is an avocational archaeologist and has served as Director of the Virginia Rockart survey and has published numerous personal books. This point was named in his personally published book. No professional references to this type was able to be located, but this type has many collector source references. This is considered a collector type.
Culpepper Bifurcated
Collector Type Cluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular bifurcated point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate. The shoulders are commonly asymmetrical with one shoulder being slightly barbed and the other shoulder varying from horizontal to having a slightly upward angle. Notches enter the blade from the corner of the preform forming a stem that is expanding. The basal corners are rounded forming rounded ears or lobes. The base is concave creating a bifurcated appearance. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 35 to 60 mm (average 40 to 50 mm), Stem Length - 9 to 15 mm, Blade Width - 20 to 40 mm, Stem Width - 15 to 26 mm
Total Length - 35 to 60 mm (average 40 to 50 mm), Stem Length - 9 to 15 mm, Blade Width - 20 to 40 mm, Stem Width - 15 to 26 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
quartz and rhyolite
quartz and rhyolite
Additional Comments:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Piedmont of Virginia and North Carolina.
This point is primarily found in the Piedmont of Virginia and North Carolina.
Age / Periods:
Date: 8,000 - 7,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Date: 8,000 - 7,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
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