Mahaffey Projectile Point

Name Details:
Named By: Gregory Perino
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1977
Type Site: The Mahaffey Site (Ch-1), Choctaw County, Oklahoma

Mahaffey
(Collector Type)
Cluster:

Commonly Utilized Material:

Date:
Cultural Period:

10,000 - 8,000 B.P.
Transitional Paleo
Early Holocene

Glacial Period:
Culture:

Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:

This is a medium ovoid point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with the tip curving in, becoming almost parallel in the tip one third to one half of the blade, and curving back in towards the base. The widest part of this type is the top one third to one half of the blade. This type may have the appearance of a contracting stem. The base is convex. This point has a random flaking pattern.

Size Measurements: Total Length - 55 to 80 mm, Blade Width - 25 to 40 mm (***based on small sample size***)

Distribution:

Distribution Comments:

This point is primarily found in southern Oklahoma and into the surrounding region.

Point Validity: Collector Type

Perino was a well-respected self-taught archeologist who was the founder of the Illinois State Archeological Society. This point was named in a professional publication, but has no professional references to this type. This type has many collector type references. This is considered a collector type.

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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):

23, 30

Mahaffey Projectile Point, Mahaffey Arrowhead