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Name Details:
Named By: Dan F. Morse
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1969
Type Site: The Schugtown Site (3GE2), Greene County, Arkansas
Schugtown
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
800 - 700 B.P.
Middle
Mississippian
Medieval Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small thick triangular side notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight. Wide parallel notches enter the blade
forming a shoulder that is horizontal and en expanded stem. The widest portion of the point is at the shoulders with the stem being slightly narrower than the shoulder. The base may range
from slightly concave to slightly convex. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 20 to
40 mm (average 30 to 35 mm), Width at Base - 13 to 18 mm,
Thickness - 5 to 7 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is most commonly found in northern Arkansas and eastern Missouri..
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
These points are similar to Cahokia type points but differ in the thickness of the point, the wideness of the notches, and the excurvate edged of the blade.
Loyd
Doty reports:
SCHUGTOWN (Side Notch True Arrowhead) – was named by archaeologist Dan F. Morse for examples recovered from the Schugtown Mounds site (3GE2), Greene County, Arkansas. They are small (1” to 2”),
thick projectiles with sharp tips, expanded blade edges, small side notches occur on the arrowheads while the dart tips have larger side notches. The stems are short and rectangular with straight, convex or concave
bases. Distribution includes Arkansas, Missouri and they were in use during the Mississippian period. Reference: Morse, Dan Franklin 1969, The Schugtown Point. Arkansas Archeological Society Field Notes 59:3-5.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Morse is an anthropologist who
was a professor at the University of Arkansas. He served as an archaeologist for the Arkansas Archaeological Survey. 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:
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Perino, 1971
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
30, 92, 180
Schugtown Projectile Point, Schugtown Arrowhead
