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Name Details:
Named By: Gary Fogelman
 Named For: Town in Carbon County, Pennsylvania
 Date Identified: 1988
 Type Site: 
 Jim Thorpe
 (Collector Type)
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Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:

This is a thin medium triangular expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section.  The blade is excurvate with shoulders that range from horizontal to having an upward angle.  Wide parallel notches form an expanding stem with a convex base.  This point has a random flaking pattern.

\Size Measurements:  Length - 50 to 85 mm (average 55 to 65 mm), Stem Length - 11 to 18 mm,  Blade Width - 22 to 26 mm (24 mm average), Stem Width - 16 to 26  mm,  Neck Width - 12 to 17 mm

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

This point is reported in east central Pennsylvania.

Similar Points:
Frost Island, Lamoka
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Point Validity:   Collector Type

Fogelman has written many professional books including the Pennsylvania Fluted Point Survey. No other professional references have currently been found regarding this type.  This is considered a collector type.



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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Fogelman, 1988
Lee W.




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Jim Thorpe Projectile Point, Jim Thorpe Arrowhead