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Name Details:
Named By: Gregory A. Waselkov
Named For: Nomini Bay, Maryland
Date Identified: 1982
Type Site: White Oak Site (44WM119), Nomini Bay, Westmoreland County, Virginia
Nomini
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,800 - 1,600 B.P.
Late Middle Woodland
Roman Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium triangular side notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate. The shoulders are commonly asymmetrical with on
shoulder being slightly barbed to horizontal with the other shoulder ranging from horizontal to having an upward angle. The stem is asymmetrical an expanding. The shoulder that is barbed to horizontal
will have a more pronounced notch with the other notch being wider, and commonly shallower. The base is straight. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Chesapeake bay and surrounding regions.
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Additional Comments:
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Point Validity: Valid Type
Waselkov is an anthropologist for the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alabama. This type was named in his Ph.D dissertation from the University of North Carolina.
This type has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
This type is found in association with Nomini ceramics (Dent 2007).
Pictures Provided By:
Grant Kelchner
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
30, 106
Nomini Projectile Point, Nomini Arrowhead
