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Name Details:
Named By: C. G. Holland
Named For:
Date Identified: 1970
Type Site:
Patrick
(Provisional Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
4,000 - 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 expanding stem / bifurcated point with an elliptical
cross section. The blade may vary from slightly excurvate to straight and is occasionally serrated. The shoulders range from prominent to weak and vary from horizontal to having an upward angle.
The stem is slightly expanding with a concave to bifurcated base, This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in southwestern Virginia and into western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee and southeastern Kentucky.
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Point Validity:
Provisional Type
Holland is a distinguished anthropologist and professor for the Department of Anthropology
at the University of Virginia. He has conducted extensive studies into the archaeology of Virginia. This point was named in a professional publication, but has no or limited professional references.
This is considered a provisional type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30
Patrick Projectile Point, Patrick Arrowhead
