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Name Details:
Named By: James L. Brown
Named For:
Date Identified: 1976
Type Site: Spiro Site, Oklahoma
Washita Peno
(Provisional Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
800 - 400 B.P.
Mississippian
Medieval Warm to Little
Ice Age
Caddoan Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small to point with a flattened cross section. The blade is primarily straight and may be serrated. This
point has parallel notches that generally placed higher on the blade. Then shoulders are horizontal with an expanded stem. The base may range from concave to deeply concave. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 19 to 35 mm ( 24 mm or less average), Stem Length to top of notches - 7 to 11 mm (typically 1/4
to 1/3 of the total length), Blade Width -
12 to 20 mm, Notch Depth - 2 to 3 mm, Neck
Width - 5 to 7 mm, Basal Width - 10 to 16 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point are found with the heaviest concentrations in the southern Plains region of Texas and Oklahoma and into Louisiana and Arkansas.
Additional Comments:
The points in this cluster are similar to the points in the Woodland/Mississippian triangular cluster, except these points have side notches (Morrow, 1984). Both types of points are
noted for being thin and in the shape of an isosceles or equilateral triangle. Points in this cluster are noted for a single or multiple parallel notches in the blade. The blade may be serrated for points
in this cluster (W2).
This point is similar to, and easily mistaken for, points in the Desert series.
This main difference in this variation is the concaved base that creates a more pronounced or drooping ear.
Point Validity: Provisional Type
Brown is a well-respected
anthropologist and professor at Northwestern University who has conducted extensive studies at the Spiro Mounds in Oklahoma. This type was named in a professional
publication and has limited professional references. This is a provisional type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Kelli Fertig
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23,
30, W2
Washita Peno Projectile Point, Washita Peno Arrowhead
