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Name Details:
Named By: Toby Morrows
Named For: Material
Date Identified: 1984
Type Site:
Hixton
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Hixton Silicified Sandstone
Date:
Cultural Period:
9,000 - 7,000 B.P.
Early to Middle Archaic
Early to Middle Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large lanceolate expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with the tip curving in and the edged becoming almost parallel
and curving back in towards the shoulders. The shoulders may range to m are weak to absent or prominent and are at an upward angle. The stem is expanding with a straight base. This point has a
random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is found from Iowa and into Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
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Point Validity: Valid Type
Morrow is a professional
archeologist who has served in many professional archeologist roles including Chief Archaeologist for the State of Iowa. This point was named in his book on Iowa
projectile points and has many professional references to this type. This is a valid type.
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
30
Hixton Projectile Point, Hixton Arrowhead
