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Name Details:
Named By: Collectors
Named For:
Date Identified:
Type Site:
Tennessee Saw
(Collector Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
8,000 - 6,000 B.P.
Early Archaic
Early Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a very large bi-pointed diamond knife with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with the mid section being the widest portion of the blade. The blade
is deeply serrated. Both the tip and the base are pointed, forming a diamond shape. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 110 to
200 mm, Width - 38 to 47 mm (***based on small sample size***)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Tennessee River Valley.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Collector Type
This type was named by collector's for examples found through-out the Tennessee River
valley. There are no professional references to this type, this type has many collector type references. This is considered a collector type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Tonton Middleton
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23
Tennessee Saw Projectile Point, Tennessee Saw Arrowhead
