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Name Details:
Named By: Richard Marshall
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1959
Type Site: Verkamp Shelter (23PH21), Phelps County, Missouri
Verkamp Stemmed
(Site Specific)
Cluster: Terminal Archaic Barbed Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,000 - 2,500 B.P.
Late Archaic to
Early Woodland
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a
narrow medium to large triangular stemmed point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate, but may be straight. The shoulders range from slightly barbed to horizontal or straight. The stem may range from straight to slightly expanding. The base may be straight to slightly convex. This point is commonly has a high quality of workmanship. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed / See Delphi for similar size
measurements
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in Missouri.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
This point shares many of the characteristics as the Delphi point and may represent the same type.
Pictures:
Point Validity: Site Specific Type
Marshall identified this point
while working on his M.A. Thesis at University of Missouri. He identified many types through-out Missouri including the Smith and Square
Stem point. This type has several professional references within Missouri, but most are referencing points from the type site. This name was also used for points found at Tick Creek Cave in Phelps County,
Missouri (Missouri Archaeologist 1963). This is considered a site specific type.
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
30, 132
Verkamp Projectile Point, Verkamp Arrowhead
