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Name Details:
Named By: Louis Brennan
Named For: Nyack River, New Jersey
Date Identified: 1970
Type Site: The Twombly Landing Site, Palisades Lake, New Jersey
Nyack
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,500 - 3,000 B.P.
Late Archaic
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium triangular side notch point with and elliptical cross section. The blade is commonly narrow and excurvate. The shoulders are asymmetrical and at an
upward angle. Parallel notches enter the blade with one notch being deeper and one being shallower. The stem is asymmetrical with one basal edge being even with, or in from, the shoulder and the other
basal edge extending beyond the shoulder. The base may vary from straight to slightly convex. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the mid to lower Hudson River valley.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Brennan was a respected self-taught archeologist who did extensive work in the Lower Hudson River basin. He published over 53 professional
articles. This point was identified in a professional publication and has several professional references. This is considered a
valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Brennan, 1970
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
30
Nyack Projectile Point, Nyack Arrowhead
