Name Details:
Named By: Ripley Bullen
Named For: Jackson County, Florida
Date Identified: 1975
Type Site:
Jackson
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
2,500 - 2,000 B.P.
Late Woodland to Mississippian
Roman Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick small to medium triangular side notch point with an elliptical to median ridge cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight. Parallel notches are wide and shallow, forming a shoulder with an upward angle and an expanding stem. The base is commonly straight, but may vary from slightly convex to
slightly concave. On may examples the basal edge is unfinished and may retrain the rind. Sometimes basal grinding may be
seen. This point has a random flaking pattern and is often crudely made.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 35 to
60 mm (average 40 to 50 mm), Stem Length - 10 to 15, Blade
and Stem Width - 15 to 25 mm (average 18 to 22), Neck Width - 10
to 20 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in northern Florida and into southern Georgia and central Florida.
Additional Comments:
This point is thought to be a variant of the Bradford point. It is similar in distribution, associated culture, and characteristics as the Bradford type. (Granger and Granger, 2013).
These points are similar to the Swan Lake points found in northwestern Georgia and through-out the Tennessee River Valley (Schroder, 2011 W18).
See link below for additional examples
Other points in this Cluster:
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.
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Age Details:
Bullen (1975) notes that these points are
associated with the Deptford or early Swift Creek period suggesting an
age of 500 to 200 B.C.
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
12, 23, 30, 59, 167
Jackson Projectile Point, Jackson Arrowhead
