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Name Details:
Named By: Bennie C. Kent
Named For: Swatara Pennsylvania
Date Identified: 1970
Type Site: Long Site, Dauphin County Pennsylvania
Swatara Long
AKA: Savannah River Long
(Collector Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
5,000 - 4,000 B.P.
Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene to
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large triangular contracting stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is broad and may vary from excurvate to straight. The stem is
contracting and may range from medium to short in length. The base is straight. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This type is primarily found in the Dauphin County, Pennsylvania region and into Maryland and New Jersey.
Additional Comments:
This type was also referred to as Form C by Kent (1970). The limited professional references to this type refer to this point as Savannah River Long point which is most commonly found in the Swatara region.
It is noted as a regional variant found in a limited area surrounding Dauphin County. Collector sources place this type from Pennsylvania to New Jersey.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Collector Type
Keel is an anthropologist and
professor at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. He is considered an expert on southeastern archaeology and is dedicated to archaeological preservation. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 by the Society of American Archaeology. This type was named in his
Ph.D. dissertation, but has limited or no
professional references. This type has many collector type references. This is considered a collector type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Philip Malachoski
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30
Swatara Long Projectile Point, Swatara Long Arrowhead
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