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Name Details:
Named By: James A. Brown
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1976
Type Site: Mineral Springs site (3Ho1), Howard County, Arkansas
Mineral Springs
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,300 - 1,000 B.P.
Mississippian
Vandal Minimum
Late Coles Creek culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a large triangular knife with a thin elliptical cross section.
The blade is broad and recurvate with the tip curving in, becoming almost parallel towards the mid-section, and flaring back out towards the bade. The base is concave with sharp basal corners. Some
examples have notched basal corners. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 80 to
190 mm, Basal Width - 40 to 60 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is found from southwestern Arkansas and into the surrounding region of northwestern Louisiana, northeastern Texas, and southeastern Oklahoma.
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Additional Comments:
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Point Validity: Valid Type
Brown is a well-respected
anthropologist and professor at Northwestern University who has conducted extensive studies at the Spiro Mounds in Oklahoma. This type was named in a professional
publication and has limited professional references, possibly due to the small number of examples found. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30
Mineral Springs Projectile Point, Mineral Springs Arrowhead
