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Name Details:
Named By: Don Dragoo
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1959
Type Site: The Gay Shiver site, Greene County, Pennsylvania
Shiver Expanding Stem
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Cultural Period:
Archaic
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Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate. The notches enter the blade from the corners with
the corners removed giving the point shoulders that may vary from horizontal to slightly angled upwards and an expanding stem. The base is convex. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is most commonly associated with the upper Ohio River Basin of southwestern Pennsylvania and into West Virginia and eastern Ohio (Dragoo distribution = red) Kinnsey (1972) used this
name for types found in the Delaware River Basin of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware (Kinnsey Distribution = Yellow). No reports of this type found in the Susquehanna River Basin in-between these two
distributions.
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Point Validity: Valid Type
Dragoo
is a distinguished anthropologist who publish many books and served as the Curator of the Carnegie Museum. This point was named in a professional publication, but has
limited professional references. Kinnsey has used this name for points found in the Delaware Basin and this name has limited usage in that region. This is considered a valid, but seldom used type.
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Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Fogleman, 1988
Lee W.
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
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Shiver Expanding Stem Projectile Point, Shiver Expanding Stem Arrowhead
