Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Stephen Williams and Jeffery P. Brian
Named For:
Date Identified: 1983
Type Site: Lake George Site, Yazoo County, Mississippi
Identified By: Stephen Williams and Jeffery P. Brian
Named For:
Date Identified: 1983
Type Site: Lake George Site, Yazoo County, Mississippi
Point Validity:
Gary sub-type
Williams is a distinguished anthropologist and professor at Harvard University. He holds the title Peabody Professor of North American Archaeology and Ethnography. Brian is well published anthropologist who has conducted extensive studies into archaeology and is a professor at the University of Alabama. This is a sub-type of the Gary point and has many professional references to this variation. This is considered a sub-type.
Maybon Stemmed
AKA: Gary Var. MaybonCluster: Dickson Contracting Stem Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large (1.5 to 3.25 inches) triangular contracting stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may range from straight to excurvate, but some examples have had an incurvate blade. The shoulders may range from slightly barbed to horizontal or have an upward taper. The stem is contracting and may have a pointed base, or the stem may be slightly expanding and have a convex base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Length - 27 to 67 mm (average 55 mm), Width - 15 to 23 mm (average 18 mm), Thickness - 4 to 11 mm (average 8 mm).
Length - 27 to 67 mm (average 55 mm), Width - 15 to 23 mm (average 18 mm), Thickness - 4 to 11 mm (average 8 mm).
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Similar to the Camden variation, this point has well pronounced shoulders, but has a narrow blade and is generally thicker. This point falls can fall into Gary Class A or Class B.
Similar to the Camden variation, this point has well pronounced shoulders, but has a narrow blade and is generally thicker. This point falls can fall into Gary Class A or Class B.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
These points are found through out the mid to lower Mississippi River Valley with the heaviest concentrations found in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
These points are found through out the mid to lower Mississippi River Valley with the heaviest concentrations found in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
Age / Periods:
Date: 3,500 - 1,900 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic to Early Woodland
Glacial Period: Neoglacial to Medieval Warm
Culture:
Date: 3,500 - 1,900 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic to Early Woodland
Glacial Period: Neoglacial to Medieval Warm
Culture:
Age Details:
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Adena, Adena Dickson, Little Bear Creek, Poplar Island, Rossville
Other Gary sub-types:
Camden, Dunn, Gary, LeFlore, Mabin, Maybon, Melvern
Adena, Adena Dickson, Little Bear Creek, Poplar Island, Rossville
Other Gary sub-types:
Camden, Dunn, Gary, LeFlore, Mabin, Maybon, Melvern
