Outline is Representative of Size and Shape: Limeton Projectile Point
Name Details:
Identified By:  Elizabeth Wilkinson and Vernon Leslie
Named For:   Limeton, Warren County, Virginia
Date Identified:  1967
Type Site: 
Point Validity: Valid type

Leslie is a well respected and well published archaeologist.  This type was named in a professional publication but has no professional recognition.  This is considered a provisional type.
Limeton Bifurcated
Provisional Type
Cluster: LeCroy Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium triangular point with an elliptical cross section.  The blade is excurvate with the tip curving in and curving back in towards the base.   The base may vary from having a center notched or center concave.  This point is commonly crudely made and has a random flaking pattern.
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

This type is reported in Virginia.
Age / Periods:
Date: 8,000 - 7,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Early to Middle Holocene
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Similar Points:
Haw River, LeCroy
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
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 Limeton Projectile Point, Limeton Arrowhead
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