Name Details:
Named By: Mark Adams
Named For: Type Site Location
Date Identified: Late 70's to early 80's
Type Site: Multiple sites along the Penwah Slough Creek (which drains into the Trinity River), Polk County, Texas
Penwah Slough Catahoula
(Collector Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
Glacial Period:
1,300 - 900 B.P.
Late Prehistoric / Mississippian
Vandal Minimum to
Medieval Warm
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is
a thin small to medium triangular contracting stem with a flattened cross section. The blade is primarily recurvate curving in at the tip and flaring out at the
shoulders edge. Some examples have had a straight blade. The blade broadest at the shoulders edge. The shoulder is barbed with large barbs which are rounded to squared. The stem is short and contracting. The base is primarily convex, but may vary to straight. This point is commonly well made and has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 18 to
45 mm, Stem Length - 4 to 8 mm, Blade Width - 15 to 35 mm, Stem Width - 7 to 10 mm
(***based on small sample size***)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
These points are primarily found as far west as the San Jacinto River valley and east to the Sabine River, and to the north and south as these two rivers headwaters.
Similar Points:
Alba, Bulbar, Bonham, Catahoula, Colbert, Cuney, Friley, Hayes, Hughes, Keota, Perdiz, Scallorn, Sequoyah Additional Comments:
Adams describes the "classic" form as having the Catahoula appearance with the ears slightly turned upward similar to Friley's.
Other Websites with Detailed Information:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
Mark Adams (Personal Comunications)
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Collector Type
Adams is an avocational archeologist who ha specialized in the archaeology of
eastern Texas. This type was named in a
collectors type reference and only has collector references to this type. This is a unique and specific type, but is considered a collector type needing professional recognition.
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Age Details:
Penwah Slough
Catahoula Projectile Point, Penwah Slough Catahoula Arrowhead
Penwah Projectile Point, Penwah Arrowhead
