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Name Details:
Named By: Gregory Perino
Named For: Ouachita River, Louisiana / Arkansas
Date Identified: 1980
Type Site:
Ouachita
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,000 -1,500 B.P.
Late Archaic to Early Woodland
Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a large broad ovoid basal notch point with a flattened cross section. The blade is broad and excurvate with the tip curving in and curving back in at the shoulders. The
shoulders are barbed and have a drooping appearance. The stem is narrow and straight with a straight base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 70 to
200 mm, Stem Length - 14 to 20
Picture 1/2 size of original
mm, Blade Width - 45 to 95 mm, Stem Width - 15 to 20 mm,
Notch Width - 10 to 15 mm (***based on small sample size***)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Ouachita River basin of Arkansas and Louisiana and the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and into Oklahoma. This point is found into northeastern
Texas.
Additional Comments:
A similar point to the Ouachita type point,
the Little River has a wider stem (approx. 1/3 wider) with rounded
barbs generally extend to the base. The outer edge of the barb is
generally straighter than the Ouachita point. The stem on the Ouachita
point is narrower and pointed barbs that extend approx. half the length of
the stem and the outer edge of the barb curves in towards the base.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity:
Valid Type
Perino was a well-respected
self-taught archeologist who was the founder of the Illinois State Archeological Society. This point was named in professional publication, but has no professional
references. There are many collector type references to this type. and
limited professional references to this type. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30
Ouachita Projectile Point, Ouachita Arrowhead
