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Name Details:
Named By: James Cambron
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1975
Type Site: Savage Cave, Logan County, Kentucky
Savage Cave
Cluster: Large Side Notch Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
7,000 - 6,000 B.P.
Early to Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a broad medium to
large triangular side notch with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate and finely serrated. Parallel notches forms a shoulder at a slight upward angle to horizontal and an expanded stem. The base is generally straight but may range from slightly concave to
slightly convex. Light basal grinding is seen on most examples. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 44 to 75 mm, Stem
Length - 8
to 10 mm, Blade Width - 23 to
30 mm, Neck Width - 18
to 22 mm, Stem Width - 18
to 25 mm, Thickness - 6 to 9 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is most commonly found in Kentucky. This point may be found through out the Tennessee River Valley and into northern Mississippi and northeastern Arkansas.
Additional Comments:
These points are found at the same levels as the Big Sandy point. It appears that these points appear towards the end of the Big Sandy usage period and continued after the discontinuation of the Big Sandy
point (Cambron, 1975).
Other points in this Cluster:
Big Sandy, Cache River Godar, Graham Cave, Greenbrier, Hemphill, Howard County, Madison Side Notched, Osceola, Osceola Greenbrier, Raddatz, Simonsen Point Validity: Valid Type
Cambron is a distinguished
avocational archaeologist that did extensive work in Alabama and the Tennessee River valley. This point was named in a personally published book. This point has been
referred to in numerous professional publications and is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
12, 23, 30, 37
Savage Cave Projectile Point, Savage Cave Arrowhead
