Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Perry Newell and Alex D. Krieger
Named For:
Date Identified: 1949
Type Site: George C. Davis Site, Cherokee County, Texas
Identified By: Perry Newell and Alex D. Krieger
Named For:
Date Identified: 1949
Type Site: George C. Davis Site, Cherokee County, Texas
Point Validity:
Valid type
Newell was a distinguished anthropologist who oversaw and directed excavation at many important sites. Krieger was a renowned anthropologist who spent most of his career in Texas cataloging projectile points and pottery in Texas before moving on to the University of Washington. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Newell was a distinguished anthropologist who oversaw and directed excavation at many important sites. Krieger was a renowned anthropologist who spent most of his career in Texas cataloging projectile points and pottery in Texas before moving on to the University of Washington. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Ellis Corner Notch
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick small to medium triangular corner notch to expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade varies from excurvate to straight. The shoulders are primarily slightly barbed, but may vary to horizontal or at a slight upwards angle in re-sharpened examples. The stem is expanding, but is never as wide as the shoulders. The base is straight to convex. This point is commonly crudely made and has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Length - 30 to 50 mm, Stem Length - 12 to 25 mm (typically 1/4 to 1/2 the total length), Width at shoulders - 20 to 30 mm, Stem Width - 15 to 20 mm (Suhm and Krieger, 1954)
Length - 30 to 50 mm, Stem Length - 12 to 25 mm (typically 1/4 to 1/2 the total length), Width at shoulders - 20 to 30 mm, Stem Width - 15 to 20 mm (Suhm and Krieger, 1954)
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
This point may be difficult to distinguish from the Edgewood and Zavala types (Turner and Hester, 1985).
This point may be difficult to distinguish from the Edgewood and Zavala types (Turner and Hester, 1985).
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily associated with the eastern Texas Aspect (eastern Texas and into Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma). This point has diminished frequency into other highlighted areas.
This point is primarily associated with the eastern Texas Aspect (eastern Texas and into Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma). This point has diminished frequency into other highlighted areas.
Age / Periods:
Date: 3,800 - 1,700 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic to Early Woodland
Glacial Period: Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Culture:
Date: 3,800 - 1,700 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic to Early Woodland
Glacial Period: Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Culture:
Age Details:
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
