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Name Details:
Named By: Jefferson Chapman
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1981
Type Site: Iddin (40LD38) and the Bacon Bend (40LD35) sites in Tennessee
Iddins Undifferentiated Stem
Cluster: Iddins / Otarre Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
4,500 - 3,000 B.P.
Late Archaic
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from straight to slightly excurvate. The shoulders may range from horizontal to having an upward angle and may be weak. The stem varies from straight to slightly expanding with a base ranging from slightly concave to straight. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is reported in Tennessee and into Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina.
Similar Points:
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Otarre
Point Validity: Valid Type
Chapman is a renowned
anthropologist and served as a professor at the University of Tennessee and Director at the Frank H. McClung museum. This type was named in a professional publication and
has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 59, W18
Iddins Projectile Point, Iddins Arrowhead
