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Name Details:
Named By: Floyd Painter
Named For: Nottoway River, Virginia
Date Identified: 1970
Type Site:
Nottoway River
(Provisional Type)
Cluster:
Date:
Cultural Period:
9,500 - 9,000 B.P.
Early Archaic
Early Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular bifurcated point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from slightly excurvate to slightly incurvate
and usually serrated. The shoulders are at
an upward angle with an expanding stem. The base is bifurcated with rounded basal corners forming a lobes appearance. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 30 to
80 mm (average 40 to 50 mm), Stem Length - 15 to 20 mm,
Blade Width - 25 to 45 mm (average 35 mm), Stem Width - 20 to 35
mm (average 25 mm), Neck Width - 15 to 25 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Nottoway River Basin of Virginia and North Carolina.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
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 professional
references since that time. This point is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Gary Grollimund
Greg
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
30
Nottoway Projectile Point, Nottoway Arrowhead
