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Name Details:
Named By: James Cambron
Named For: Montgomery County, Alabama
Date Identified: 1969
Type Site:
Montgomery
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
2,500 - 1,000 B.P.
Late Woodland
Roman to Medieval Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small ovoid point
with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with a convex base. The base is commonly thinned. This point has a random flaking pattern
Size Measurements: Total Length - 23 to 43 mm (37 mm average), Width -
10 to 22 mm (16 mm average), Thickness - 5 to 10 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in central to southern Alabama.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Justice (1987) list a Montgomery point (not pictured) as part of the Cumberland cluster. This point would not be part of that cluster, there may be another point named Montgomery that
is unrelated to this point.
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Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Cambron is a distinguished avocational archaeologist that did extensive work in Alabama and the Tennessee River valley. This point was named in a personally published book. This point has been referred to in numerous professional publications and is considered a valid type.
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
12, 23, 59
Montgomery Projectile Point, Montgomery Arrowhead
