Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Ripley P. Bullen
Named For: Gilchrist County, Florida
Date Identified: 1975
Type Site:
Identified By: Ripley P. Bullen
Named For: Gilchrist County, Florida
Date Identified: 1975
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Valid type
Bullen was a distinguished anthropologist and Curator Emeritus of the Florida Museum of Natural History. He was dedicated to identifying and typing projectile points from Florida. This point was named in a professional publication and is professionally a widely recognized type. This is a valid type.
Bullen was a distinguished anthropologist and Curator Emeritus of the Florida Museum of Natural History. He was dedicated to identifying and typing projectile points from Florida. This point was named in a professional publication and is professionally a widely recognized type. This is a valid type.
Gilchrist Notched
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin medium (1.75 to 3.75 inches) triangular expanding stem point with a thin elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight. This point is commonly re-sharpened which may reduce the shoulder forming a weak shoulder. The shoulders may range from having a slight barb to having a upward angle. The stem is short, broad, and expanding. The base is concave to bifurcated, but may range to straight. The basal corner may vary from rounded or sharp. Hafting region grinding is commonly seen. This point has a random flaking pattern. This point commonly has a high quality of workmanship.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 35 to 95 mm (average 55 to 65 mm), Stem Length - 9 to 14 mm, Blade Width - 25 to 40 mm (average 30 mm), Stem Width - 22 to 35 mm, Neck Width - 18 to 24 mm, Thickness - 4 to 8 mm
Total Length - 35 to 95 mm (average 55 to 65 mm), Stem Length - 9 to 14 mm, Blade Width - 25 to 40 mm (average 30 mm), Stem Width - 22 to 35 mm, Neck Width - 18 to 24 mm, Thickness - 4 to 8 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Coral and chert
Coral and chert
Additional Comments:
It has been suggest that these points evolved from Dalton or Suwannee technologies.
They are generally thin and medium to large, but they are commonly re-sharpened which reduces the size resulting in a shorter wider point that takes on the appearance (Granger and Granger, 2013).
Bullen reports that these points are never beveled. However a study by John Powell (1990) found that beveling does occasionally occur on the knife form of this point (Lloyd Schroder, 2012 W18).
See link below for additional examples: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/flarch/bullen/gilchrist.htm
It has been suggest that these points evolved from Dalton or Suwannee technologies.
They are generally thin and medium to large, but they are commonly re-sharpened which reduces the size resulting in a shorter wider point that takes on the appearance (Granger and Granger, 2013).
Bullen reports that these points are never beveled. However a study by John Powell (1990) found that beveling does occasionally occur on the knife form of this point (Lloyd Schroder, 2012 W18).
See link below for additional examples: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/flarch/bullen/gilchrist.htm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in northern Florida and into southern Georgia and southeastern Alabama. This point has rarely been reported into South Carolina.
This point is primarily found in northern Florida and into southern Georgia and southeastern Alabama. This point has rarely been reported into South Carolina.
Age / Periods:
Date: 9,000 - 7,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Early to Middle Holocene
Culture:
Date: 9,000 - 7,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Early to Middle Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
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