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Name Details:
Named By: Ellen Turner
Named For: Creek in Texas
Date Identified: 1991
Type Site:
Pipe Creek
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,100 - 950 B.P.
Woodland - Prehistoric
Medieval Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium triangular point with an
elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight. A notch enters the blade from a single corner of
the blade with the other blade being un-notched. The base may vary from straight to slightly convex. This point has a
random flaking pattern.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily associated with Texas and onto Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. These points have been reported into Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
The distribution of this type is not fully known. They were first reported in Texas and the surrounding region. They are also found into the Ohio River Valley, Tennessee River
Valley, and the Mississippi River Valley. It remains unclear if the points found in the Ohio River Valley and the surrounding regions are related to the points found in Texas and that surrounding region.
Perino suggest that these may have been used to prepare feathers for the use of fletching.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Turner is an anthropologist who has specialized in the archeology of Texas. This point was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
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Pipe Creek Projectile Point, Pipe Creek Arrowhead
