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Name Details:
Named By: Edwards Bottom
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1979
Type Site: Will's Cove Midden Shell Site, Suffolk Virginia
Will's Cove
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,000 - 1,500 B.P.
Early Woodland
Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium lanceolate to triangular stemmed point with a median ridge cross section. The blade is narrow and varies from straight to recurvate with the tip curving in,
becoming parallel or narrowing towards the mid section, and flaring back out towards the shoulders. The shoulders range from horizontal to slightly barbed. The stem is short and may range from
slightly expanding to slightly contracting with a convex base. This point has a collateral flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 55
to 95 mm, Blade Width at shoulders - 23 to 28 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Coastal Plains and into the Piedmont of southern Virginia and northern North Carolina.
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Additional Comments:
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Point Validity: Valid Type
Bottoms was a distinguished avocational archeologist who was an expert in the archaeology
of Virginia and North Carolina. He served as president of the Archaeological Society of Virginia, Nansemond Chapter. This point was named in a professional publication and has many professional
references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 57, W17
Will's Cove Projectile Point, Will's Cove Arrowhead
