Name Details:
Named By: Clearance H. Webb and Pete Gregory
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1961
Type Site: Jim Sinner Site, northern Louisiana
Sinner
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,000 - 2,000 B.P.
Woodland
Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium
triangular expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is usually excurvate. The blade has two or
more notches and may be serrated. The shoulders are commonly barbed, but may vary to horizontal. The stem is expanding
with rounded basal edges and a convex to straight base. Basal grinding us commonly present and generally light. This point
has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 35 to
51 mm (average 45 mm), Stem Length - 9 to 12 mm, Width - 19
to 31 mm, Stem Width - 14 to 21 mm, Neck Width - 10 to 15 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in northwestern Louisiana and into eastern Texas. This point may be found with decreased frequency into southwestern Arkansas and southeastern
Oklahoma.
Additional Comments:
They are believed to be of the same Archaic period (2500 B. C.) as the Evans point. The primary distinguishing characteristic for the Sinner type is the presents of two or more notches or barbs above the shoulders.
Another is the expanding base that is rounded. Most sinners from Louisiana are made from tan colored chert peddles common in the area
Gagliano (1969), placed this point as a Middle Archaic (8,800 - 8,600 B.P.) point associated with the Kisatchie Phase at Fort Polk, Texas.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Webb was a trained Pediatrician who became interested in archeology. In 1940 he became the charter member of the Society of American Archeology. He conducted many collaborative excavations and conducted his own excavations at Poverty Point and Gahagan Mounds. He was a well-respected archeologist. Gregory
was a well respected anthropologist and professor for the Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references.
This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
8,
23, 30, 44, W11
Sinner Projectile Point, Sinner Arrowhead
