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Name Details:
Named By: Sam
Williams
Named For: Type
Site
Date Identified: 2008
Type Site: Cibolo
Creek Sandpit site, Wilson County, Texas
Lufkin Knife
AKA: Rat Tail
(Collector Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,200 to 700 B.P.
Late
Archaic to Mississippian
Neoglacial to Medieval Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a large lanceolate stemmed blade
with a plano convex cross section. One face commonly has a
median ridge while the other face is flat. The blade is
excurvate with the midsection becoming almost parallel and curving
back in towards the base. The may vary from slightly barbed to
having a slight upward angle. On shoulder is wider than the
other with the edge with the wide shoulder being more excurvate and
the narrow shoulder edge being straighter. The stem is narrow
ranges from straight to contracting with a base that varies from
rounded to pointed. This point is manufactured with broad
percussion flaking and minimal pressure flaking around the edges
forming a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length -
110 to 180 mm, Stem Length - 7 to 11 mm, Blade Width -
28 to 35 mm, Stem Width - 8 to 11 mm (***based on small sample
size***).
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in Angelina
County, Texas and the surrounding region.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
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Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Collector Type
Williams is the founder of Arrowheads.com and is a collector of artifacts
from around North America. This type has several references in
collector type sources, but no professional recognition. This is
considered a collectors type.
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Age Details:
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30
Lufkin Projectile Point, Lufkin Arrowhead
