Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Wilfred T. Neill
Named For: Tallahassee Florida
Date Identified: 1963
Type Site:
Identified By: Wilfred T. Neill
Named For: Tallahassee Florida
Date Identified: 1963
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Valid type
Neill was a herpetologist who taught herpetology, ecology and archaeology at Pasco-Hernando Community College in Florida. He named this point in a professional publication and this type has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Neill was a herpetologist who taught herpetology, ecology and archaeology at Pasco-Hernando Community College in Florida. He named this point in a professional publication and this type has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Tallahassee Triangular
AKA: Dalton TallahasseeSafety Harbor
Cluster: Late Woodland to Early Mississippian Triangle Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin narrow medium (1.75 to 3.25 inches) triangular auriculate point with an elliptical to flattened cross section. The blade is long and narrow with a excurvate to recurvate (slightly curving in at the tip and flaring out at the base) edge. The blade is serrated from the hafting region to the tip. The base is concaved which forms auricle or basal ears that point downward. Hafting region grinding is light if present. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 33 to 85 mm (average 45 to 55 mm), Basal Width - 15 to 30 mm (average 22 to 25 mm), Basal Concavity - 2 to 7 mm (average 4 mm), Thickness - 5 to 7 mm
Total Length - 33 to 85 mm (average 45 to 55 mm), Basal Width - 15 to 30 mm (average 22 to 25 mm), Basal Concavity - 2 to 7 mm (average 4 mm), Thickness - 5 to 7 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
This type is commonly thought of has having a Transitional Paleo or Early Archaic association. Theses points have been found to have Woodland associations and have been found in association with ceramics at the Block-Stearns Site and the Oconi Mission site in Jefferson County, Florida (Farr, 2006).
This point is thinner than older Dalton type points. In addition, these points have light to absent grinding on the hafting region where Dalton type points usually has heavier grinding on the hafting region.
Whatley (2002) identifies this type as the same point as the Safety Harbor point of Florida.
This type is commonly thought of has having a Transitional Paleo or Early Archaic association. Theses points have been found to have Woodland associations and have been found in association with ceramics at the Block-Stearns Site and the Oconi Mission site in Jefferson County, Florida (Farr, 2006).
This point is thinner than older Dalton type points. In addition, these points have light to absent grinding on the hafting region where Dalton type points usually has heavier grinding on the hafting region.
Whatley (2002) identifies this type as the same point as the Safety Harbor point of Florida.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in northern Florida and into southern Georgia and southern Alabama.
This point is primarily found in northern Florida and into southern Georgia and southern Alabama.
Age / Periods:
Date: 2,500 - 2,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early to Middle Woodland
Glacial Period: Roman Warm
Culture:
Date: 2,500 - 2,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early to Middle Woodland
Glacial Period: Roman Warm
Culture:
Age Details:
Bullen (1975) originally placed the temporal placement of this type at 9,000 B.P. based on the characteristics of this point. Whatley (2002) states that "Tallahassee points are generally believed to fall in the late Early Woodland to early Middle Woodland period, a time frame estimated at 2,500 to 2,000 B.P."
Bullen (1975) originally placed the temporal placement of this type at 9,000 B.P. based on the characteristics of this point. Whatley (2002) states that "Tallahassee points are generally believed to fall in the late Early Woodland to early Middle Woodland period, a time frame estimated at 2,500 to 2,000 B.P."
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
