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Name Details:
Named By: Berry C. Kent
Named For: Monocacy River
Date Identified: 1970
Type Site:
Monocacy
(Provisional Type)
Cluster:
Date:
Cultural Period:
4,000 - 3,000 B.P.
Late Archaic
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium
(1.5 to 3 inch) triangular stemmed to expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section.
The blade may range from straight to slightly excurvate. The shoulders are weak to absent and at an upward angle. The stem is straight with a straight base and rounded basal corners. This point
is commonly poorly, crudely made with a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Monocacy River Basin and into the region where it enters the Potomac River.
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Additional Comments:
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Point Validity: Provisional Type
Kent is a professional
anthropologist and a professor at Pennsylvania State University and York College of Pennsylvania. He specializes in anthropology of Pennsylvania. This type was named in a professional publication but has never identified as a unique type and has never had any professional recognition as a type. This is
considered a provisional type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Lee W (pictures and further information)
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
30
Monocacy Projectile Point, Monocacy Arrowhead
