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Name Details:
Named By: Robert Bray
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1956
Type Site: Rice
Cave, Stone County, Missouri
Rice Lobed
AKA: Schoonover Point
Cluster: Rice Lobed Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
9,500 - 8,500 B.P.
Early 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 bifurcated point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may range from straight to excurvate and is commonly serrated and beveled. The shoulders are straight to barbed and always prominent. The stem may vary from slightly expanding to expanding. The base may range from concave to bifurcated, but is noted for the wide basal notch
giving a lobed appearance.
Basal and hafting region grinding is common on this type. This point is made using broad percussion flaking producing
large flake scars that remain on the face of the blade.
Secondary pressure flaking is used to on one or alternating edges
forming a bevel and serrations. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 45
to 75 mm (average 49 to 56 mm), Stem Length - 11 to 17 mm, Blade Width - 25 to
45 mm (average 33 to 38 mm), Neck Width - 18 to 26 mm,
Stem Width - 18 to 28 mm, Thickness - 8 to 10 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
These points are most commonly found in
the Ozarks of Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, and the surrounding areas. This point is infrequently found in Indiana, eastern Kentucky, and eastern
Tennessee.
Additional Comments:
This point differs from the MacCorkle point in that this point is thicker and beveled (Justice, 1987).
The name Schoonover point was applied to a large example, unaware of the
Rice Lobed type. This name has not been used since.
Point Validity: Valid Type
Bray was a well published anthropologist and professor for the Department of Anthropology,
University of Missouri. He conducted many excavations and studies through-out Missouri and was considered a expert in Missouri archaeology. 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):
12, 23, 30, 37, 179, W2, W10
Rice Lobed Projectile Point, Rice Lobed Arrowhead
Schoonover Projectile Point, Schoonover
Arrowhead
