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Name Details:
Named By: Ben T. Waller
Named For:
Person who identified
Date Identified: 1971
Type Site: Santa Fe River, Northern Florida
Waller Knife
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
11.000 -7,000 B.P.
Transitional Paleo to
Early Archaic
Late Pleistocene to Middle Holocene
Glacial Period:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is an irregular medium
knife with a flattened or varying cross section. The blade is usually unifacial made from a large thin flake. Flaking
generally does not extend into the face of the blade. The edges are shaped using pressure flaking on one face, but may have flaking on the other face when the edges
were re-touched or re-sharpened. The shoulders are generally horizontal with an expanded to straight stem for hafting. The
base is commonly unfinished.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in central to northern Florida and into southern Georgia and southern Alabama.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
These knives are thought to be a quickly made knife made for immediate usage, or possible a specialized knives used for delicate work (Granger and Granger, 2013).
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Waller was a professional diver and avocational archaeologist. He is considered the
father of underwater archaeology and paleontology. This type has many professional references and is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
George Verworren
Skip Hutchinson
River Relics
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 57, 59
Waller Knife
