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Name Details:
Named By: J. A Brown
Named For: Keota, Haskell County, Oklahoma
Date Identified: 1968
Type Site: Spiro site, Eastern Oklahoma
 Keota
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Commonly Utilized Material:


Date:                   
Cultural Period:   
800 - 600 B.P.
Mississippian
Medieval Warm
Caddoan Cultures

Glacial Period:
Culture:
     
      


Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Keota Projectile Point



Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:

This is a thin small triangular side to corner notch point with a thin elliptical to flattened cross section.  The blade is primarily straight, but may range from slightly excurvate to slightly incurvate.  The shoulders vary from horizontal to being slightly barbed.   The stem is expanding with a convex base.  The stem is commonly bulbous in appearance.  This point has a random flaking pattern. 

Size Measurements:  Total Length - 25 to 40 mm,  Stem Length - 5 to 7 mm,  Blade  / Stem Width - 8 to 13 mm,  Neck Width - 5 to 8 mm

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

This point is primarily found from central Texas and into the Mississippi River Valley in regions inhabited by the Caddoan Culture.  This point is found into the Tennessee River Valley.

Similar Points:
Agee, Alba, Colbert, Dardanelle, Hayes, Homan, Hughes, Merom, Sequoyah
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Point Validity:   Valid Type

Brown is a well-respected anthropologist and professor at Northwestern University who has conducted extensive studies at the Spiro Mounds in Oklahoma.  This type was named in a professional publication and has limited professional references, possibly due to the small number of examples found.  This is considered a valid type.



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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Perino, 1971
Toby Baugus





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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):

23, 30, 179
Keota Projectile Point, Keota Arrowhead