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Name Details:
Named By: Bennie C. Keel
 Named For:  The Plott family which owned the property that contained the type site.
 Date Identified:  1972
 Type Site:  Plott Site, Transylvania County, North Carolina
 Plott Short Stem
 Cluster:


Commonly Utilized Material:
Primarily quartz less often chert

Date:                   
Cultural Period:   
2,600 - 2,200 B.P.
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 medium triangular stemmed point with an elliptical cross section.  The blade is broad and is primarily excurvate, but may range to straight.  Shallow notches are created by removal of the corners of a triangular platform leaving shoulders that are horizontal to slightly sloped downwards, but not barbed.  The stem may range from straight to slightly expanding.  The stem is short and broad.  The base is primarily straight, but may vary to slightly concave.  This point has a random flaking pattern.  Basal grinding and thinning may be seen on these points.  The point is made with percussion flaking and finished around the edges with fine pressure flaking.

Size Measurements:  Length - 25 to 36mm (average 30 mm), Stem Length - 3 to 8 mm (average 6 mm),  Blade Width - 15 to 24 mm (average 19 mm),  Stem Width -10 to 20 mm (average 16 mm),  Thickness - 6 to 9 mm (Keel, 1987)

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Appalachian summit region of North Carolina and South Caroling, Georgia, and Tennessee and into the Piedmont of North Carolina and into South Carolina and Virginia.
Similar Points:
Ecusta, Potts, Sykes, Waratan
Related / Associated Points:
Gypsy Stemmed, Swannanoa Stemmed, Transylvania Triangle
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Point Validity:    Valid Type

Keel is an anthropologist and professor at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.  He is considered an expert on southeastern archaeology and is dedicated to archaeological preservation.  He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 by the Society of American Archaeology.  This type was named in a his Ph.D dissertation and has many professional references.  This is considered a valid type.





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Age Details:
This point is considered part of the Appalachian Summit, Swannanoa Phase (Anderson and Mainfort, 2002).

This type is commonly found in association with Swannanoa and Pigion ceramics (Keel, 1987)
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):

30, 114
Plott Projectile Point, Plott Arrowhead