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Name Details:
Named By: Barry Kent
Named For: Pequea Creek, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Date Identified: 1970
Type Site:
Pequea
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
7,500 - 5,000 B.P.
Early to Middle Archaic
Early to Middle Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large triangular expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from slightly excurvate to straight. The shoulders are prominent and may range from
horizontal to having an upward angle. The stem is expanding with a base that is commonly straight, but may be slightly concave, or les commonly slightly convex. The basal corners are rounded.
This point is commonly symmetrical, well made, and has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This type is most commonly associated with Delaware (where this type is most commonly references) and into southeastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, and northeastern Virginia.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Most references to this point place it in the Early Archaic period, but there are many other references that place this point in the Late Archaic period.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Kent is a professional anthropologist and a professor at Pennsylvania State University and York College of Pennsylvania. He specializes in
anthropology of Pennsylvania. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is
considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Ellie Thomas
Lee W.
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
30
Pequea Projectile Point, Pequea Arrowhead
