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Name Details:
Named By: WM Jack Hranicky
Named For: Rappahannock River of Virginia.
Date Identified: 1991
Type Site:
Rappahannock River
(Collector Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
5,000 - 4,000 B.P.
Late Archaic
Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
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 a flattened to elliptical cross section. The blade is may range from straight to excurvate. The shoulders may vary from horizontal to having an upward slope. The stem is straight with rounded basal corners. The base is concave with a center indention. Basal thinning is commonly seen on this point. Basal grinding may
be light, but is not present on most examples. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is reported throughout the Rappahannock River Valley of Virginia.
Additional Comments:
This is a regional variant of the Savannah River point. This point is distinguished from the Savannah River point by the rounded basal corners and center concave indention in the base.
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Point Validity: Collector Type
Hranicky is an avocational
archaeologist who was awarded the Archaeological Society of Virginia’s Avocational award in 1989. He has published numerous personal books and articles. This point was named in his personally published book, and has only been references in his books and has no professional recognition. There are limited collector references to this type. This is considered a collector type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Fred Childress
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
29, 30
Rappahannock Projectile Point, Rappahannock Arrowhead
