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Name Details:
Named By: Winston Baker
Named For: Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Date Identified: 2009
Type Site:
Sabine
(Collector Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
4,000 - 2,000 B.P.
Late Archaic
Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin medium to large triangular contracting stem point with a flattened cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight and can be serrated. The
shoulders vary from horizontal to having a slightly upward angle. The stem is contracting with a convex to "V" shaped base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 40
to 75 mm, Blade Width - 18 to 40 mm (***based on small sample
size***)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments
:
This point is reported in Louisiana and into Texas.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Collector Type
Baker is a retired professor in
Biology in Alabama and an avocational archaeologist who has wrote many personally published archaeological books regarding Alabama archaeology. This point was named in his
book and not a professional peer reviewed paper. This point has no professional references. This type has some collector type
references. This is considered a collector type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Kirk Williams
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30
Sabine Projectile Point, Sabine Arrowhead
