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Name Details:
Named By: Floyd Painter and William Hranicky
Named For: City in North Carolina
Date Identified: 1949
Type Site:
Moyock
(Provisional Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
4,500 - 3,500 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 small to medium triangular stemmed point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from straight to slightly excurvate. The shoulders range from
horizontal to slightly barbed. The stem is straight with a concave or notched base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Painter reports this point in northern North Carolina and into Virginia.
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Additional Comments:
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Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Provisional Type
Painter is a respected
archaeologist who spent decades documenting Paleo to post-contact cultures in Virginia Region. This type was named in a professional publication and has had no
professional references since that time. This point is considered a provisional type.
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Age Details:
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
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Moyock Projectile Point, Moyock Arrowhead
