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Name Details:
Named By: Floyd Painter and William Hranicky
Named For:
Date Identified: 1988
Type Site:
Valina
(Collector Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
2,500 - 1,500 B.P.
Woodland
Roman Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small triangular projectile point with a thin elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate with a convex bas and rounded basal corners. This
point is crudely made and has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 25
to 35 mm, Blade Width - 17 to 23 mm (***based on small sample
size***)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Hranicky reports this type in the Piedmont and coastal regions of Virginia and into North Carolina. Overstreet reports this type in the upper Tennessee River valley of Tennessee and into Kentucky.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Powell (1990) suggest that this point represent the transition between the older Suwannee point and the newer Greenbrier point.
This point is distinguishable from the Suwannee type by the lack of any basal thinning and the beveled edge that are seen on this type (Farr, 2006).
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Point Validity: Collector Type
Painter is a respected archaeologist who spent decades documenting Paleo to post-contact cultures in Virginia Region. Hranicky is an avocational archaeologist who was awarded
the Archaeological Society of Virginia’s Avocational award in 1989. He has published numerous personal books and articles. This point
was named in his personally published book with most references to this type being in other books he published. There are no professional references to this type, but there are limited collector type
references. This is considered a collector type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30
Valina Projectile Point, Valina Arrowhead
