Name Details:
Named By: Dena F. Dincauze
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1976
Type Site: Neville Site, Merrimack River, Manchester, New Hampshire
Neville
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
felsite, jasper
Date:
Cultural Period:
7,000 - 6,000 B.P.
Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium
triangular contracting stem point with an elliptical to flattened cross section The blade may vary from straight to excurvate., The
shoulders are primarily horizontal, but may become rounded and weak on re-sharpened examples. The stem may range from slightly expanding to slightly contracting, but
most commonly straight. The base is slightly convex to slightly concave. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 19 to
64 mm (average 38 mm), Stem Length - 6 to 12 mm, Blade Width - 22 to 35 mm,
Stem Width - 7 to 14 mm (10 mm average)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in New England especially along the Merrimack River drainage. This point may be found into eastern Pennsylvania and into New Jersey.
Additional Comments:
This point has many of the overlapping characteristics of the Stanly point. Dincauze (1976) feels that this may represent the same technology as the Stanly point, but with a further
northern distribution. Other local points have similar characteristics such as the Merrimack point. Perino (1969) feels that worn out Neville points could be difficult to distinguish from Merrimack type
points.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Dincauze is a renowned Anthropologist who has specialized in prehistoric archeology of eastern and central New England and was a professor at the UMass Amherst. This point was
named in her book on the Atlantic Phase culture and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type
.
Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, W11
Neville Projectile Point, Neville Arrowhead
