Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Gordon R. Willey
Named For: Safety Harbor Culture
Date Identified: 1949
Type Site: Perish Mound I, Manatee County, Florida
Identified By: Gordon R. Willey
Named For: Safety Harbor Culture
Date Identified: 1949
Type Site: Perish Mound I, Manatee County, Florida
Point Validity:
Valid type
Jones is a professional anthropologist and serves as a professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at California Polytechnic State University. Hylkema is a California State Parks Archaeologist and serves as in instructor in anthropologist at Foothill Collage, Los Altos California. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Jones is a professional anthropologist and serves as a professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at California Polytechnic State University. Hylkema is a California State Parks Archaeologist and serves as in instructor in anthropologist at Foothill Collage, Los Altos California. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Safety Harbor Triangle
AKA: TallahasseeCluster: Late Woodland to Early Mississippian Triangle Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin medium (1.5 to 2.25 inches) triangular point with an elliptical to flattened cross section. The blade varies from slightly excurvate to straight. The blade is commonly serrated just above the hafting region. Some examples flare back out towards the base giving the point an articulated appearance. The basal corners are square. The base is concave. This point lacks any basal grinding and has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 40 to 85 mm (average 45 to 55 mm), Basal Width - 15 to 30 mm (average 22 to 25 mm), Basal Concavity - 2 to 7 mm (average 4 mm), Thickness - 5 to 9 mm
Total Length - 40 to 85 mm (average 45 to 55 mm), Basal Width - 15 to 30 mm (average 22 to 25 mm), Basal Concavity - 2 to 7 mm (average 4 mm), Thickness - 5 to 9 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Whatley (2002) feels that this is the same point as the Tallahassee point of Georgia.
Whatley (2002) feels that this is the same point as the Tallahassee point of Georgia.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found from the Tampa Bay region of Florida. This point may be found into southern Georgia, southern Alabama, and southwestern South Carolina.
This point is primarily found from the Tampa Bay region of Florida. This point may be found into southern Georgia, southern Alabama, and southwestern South Carolina.
Age / Periods:
Date: 1,100 - 600 B.P.
Cultural Period: Mississippian
Glacial Period: Vandal Minimum to Little Ice Age
Culture: Safety Harbor Culture
Date: 1,100 - 600 B.P.
Cultural Period: Mississippian
Glacial Period: Vandal Minimum to Little Ice Age
Culture: Safety Harbor Culture
Age Details:
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
