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Name Details:
Named By: David R. Wilcox
Named For: Vestal, Broome County, New York
Date Identified: 1971
Type Site:
Vestal Notched
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
4,500 - 4,000 B.P.
Middle to Late Archaic
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small to
medium triangular side to corner notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade ranges from straight to slightly excurvate. The shoulders vary from slightly barbed to horizontal and are wider than the base. The stem is expanding with a convex to straight base.
The basal corners are rounded. Many examples have unfinished bases, some examples have basal grinding. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 30 to
50 mm, Stem Length - 9 to 13 mm, Blade Width - 23 to 30 mm,
Neck Width - 14 to 18 mm, Basal Width - 17 to 22 mm (***based on
small sample size***)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the upper Susquehanna River valley of southern New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, and into northern New Jersey.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Commonly, this point has twice the height as the width (Richie, 1971).
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Wilcox is a distinguished anthropologist who began his career in New York before becoming a
moving force in the archaeology of the Southwest. This type was described and named in William Richie's 1971 publication of projectile points of New York and has many professional references. This is
considered a valid type.
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 57, 60
Vestal Notched Projectile Point, Vestal Notched Arrowhead
