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Name Details:
Named By: James A. Brown
Named For: Pocola Mining Company
Date Identified: 1976
Type Site: Spiro Site, Oklahoma
Pocola
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,000 - 650 B.P.
Late Woodland to Early Mississippian
Medieval Warm
Caddoan Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a
small thin triangular side notch / bifurcated point with a flattened cross section. The blade may vary from straight to slightly excurvate. The blade is narrow and commonly has course serrations. The shoulders may range from horizontal to having an upward angle and are always well defined. The stem is expanding with a concave or bifurcated base with rounded basal corners. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed,
Similar to Edwards and may have same
measurements.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Arkansas River valley in eastern Oklahoma and Arkansas and into the mid Mississippi River valley
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
The Pocola Mining Company was a company that set-up on Spiro Mound and "mined" artifacts for profit.
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Brown is a well-respected
anthropologist and professor at Northwestern University who has conducted extensive studies at the Spiro Mounds in Oklahoma. This type was named in a professional
publication and has limited professional references, possibly due to the small number of examples found. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Perino, 1991
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
30
Pocola Projectile Point, Pocola Arrowhead
