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Name Details:
Named By: Dan Morse
Named For:  Type Site (site discoverer Jim McCarty)
Date Identified:  1986
Type Site:  The McCarty site (3 PO 467), Poinsett County, Arkansas.
 McCarty
(Provisional Type)
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Commonly Utilized Material:


Date:                   
Cultural Period:   
2,500 - 2,100 B.P.
Early Woodland
Roman Warm
Tchula Period

Glacial Period:
Culture:
     
      


Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:



Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:

This is a medium to large triangular corner notch point with an elliptical cross section.  The blade is primarily excurvate.  Deep notches enter the preform from the corners forming a barbed shoulder and an expanding stem.  The base may range from slightly convex to straight.  This point has a random flaking pattern.

Size Measurements:  Data Needed

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

The McCarty site is in Poinsett county, Arkansas near Marked Tree.  The full distribution of this type is not know, but Morse (2014) reports this type in northeastern Arkansas in the the central Mississippi Valley.

Similar Points:
Big Creek, Ellis, Grand, Kings, Snyders, St. Charles
Related / Associated Points: 
Weems
Additional Comments:





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Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity:   Provisional Type

Morse is an anthropologist who was a professor at the University of Arkansas.  He served as an archaeologist for the Arkansas Archaeological Survey.  This point was named in a professional publication , but has no or limited professional preferences to this type.  This is considered a provisional type.




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Age Details:
This type is found in association with Cormorant Cord Impressed pottery (Morse, 2014).
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Dan and Phyllis Morse, 2014

Special thanks to D G Akridge and Jim McCarty for additional information




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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):

30, 134
McCarty Projectile Point, McCarty Arrowhead