Name Details:
Named By:
Named For:
Big Sandy Variant
Date Identified:
Type Site:
Big Sandy Leighton Base
AKA: Leighton
Cluster: Large Side Notch Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
Glacial Period:
Culture:
10,000 - 8,000 B.P.
Early Archaic
Early Holocene
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium size triangular point with an elliptical to
rhomboid cross section. The
blade ranged from excurvate to straight. This point has parallel notches and the shoulders may be horizontal
to upward angled. The stem is
expanded with a notch on the ears. The base may range from straight to concave. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
These points are most abundant in the Tennessee River valley and has the second highest frequency in the Ohio River Valley. They are less common in the other
highlighted areas
Similar Points:
Leighton, Black Sand, Bolen, Cache River, Ensor, Fairland, Frio, Godar, Graham Cave, Hemphill, Hickory Ridge, Kessell, MacCorkle, Newton Falls, Osceola, Raddatz, Rowan, Savage Cave, St. Charles, Taylor Side Notch
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
10, 12, 17, 30, W2, W11
Point Validity: Collectors Type
There have been no professional references to this type, but there are many collector source references. This type is considered a collectors type.
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Age Details:
This point is part of the Big Sandy Phase.
Big Sandy Leighton Base Projectile Point, Big Sandy Leighton Base Arrowhead
Leighton Projectile Point, Leighton Arrowhead
