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Name Details:
Named By: Curtis Tomak
 Named For:
 Date Identified: 1980
 Type Site: Scherchel site, southern Indiana
 Jessup
(Provisional Type)
 Cluster:


Commonly Utilized Material:


Date:                   
Cultural Period:   
9,000 -7,500 B.P.
Early Archaic
Early to Middle Holocene

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Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:

This is a medium triangular stemmed point with an elliptical cross section.  The blade is thick and may vary from straight to slightly excurvate.  Many examples have an recurvate blade with the blade curving in at the tip and curving outwards at the shoulders.  The shoulders may range from slightly barbed to having an upward angle on heavily re-sharpened examples.  The stem is straight to slightly expanding with a straight to slightly concave base.  This point has a random flaking pattern. 

Size Measurements:  Data Needed

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

This point is reported in Indiana.

Similar Points:
Kirk Stemmed
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:

Justice (1987) has placed this point as a morphological correlate to the Kirk Stemmed Cluster.

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Point Validity:   Provisional Type

Tomak was a professional archaeologist who retired from the State of Illinois Department of Historic Preservation and Archaeology and was honored with Archaeologist of the Month in July 2009.  This type was named in a professional publication, but has no or limited professional references.  This type needs professional recognition as a unique type.  This type is considered a provisional type



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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):

30, 37
Jessup Projectile Point, Jessup Arrowhead