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Date Identified: 
Type Site:
 Nottoway
(Collector Type)
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Commonly Utilized Material:


Date:                   
Cultural Period:   
300 - 160 B.P.
Historic
Little Ice Age

Glacial Period:
Culture:

     
      


Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:



Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:

This is a small to medium triangular expanding stem point with a flattened cross section.  The blade is primarily straight to slightly excurvate.  Wide broad shallow notches form a shoulder at an upward angle and an expanding stem.  The hafting region is long with a base that may vary from slightly concave to slightly convex.  This point has a random flaking pattern.    

Size Measurements:  Total Length - 23 to 58 mm,  Stem Length (to shoulder junction - 8 to 18 mm,  Blade Width - 7 to 12 mm,  Neck Width - 4 to 8 mm,  Basal Width - 8 to 13 mm (***based on small sample size***)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

This point is primarily found in in southern Oregon and into Idaho and Washington.

Similar Points:
Alkali, Rose Springs Sloping Shoulder
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Point Validity:   Collector Type

This type is discussed in Overstreet's Price Guide and has several collector type references.  There are no professional references to this type.  This is considered a collector type.




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Nottoway Projectile Point, Nottoway Arrowhead