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Name Details:
Named By: WM Jack Hranicky
Named For: Patrick and Henry County Virginia
Date Identified: 1991
Type Site:
Patrick Henry
(Collector Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
9,500 - 8,500 B.P.
Early Archaic
Early Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular corner notch point with an elliptical cross section.
The blade may vary from straight to slightly excurvate and is commonly serrated. The shoulders may vary from slightly barbed to having an upward angle. The stem is expanding with a concave base
that has a "fishtail" appearance. Basal and hafting region grinding is present. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
(average length 45 to 60 mm)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in Patrick and Henry County Virginia and into the surrounding region of Virginia and North Carolina.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
This point is similar to re-worked Kirk Corner Notch points that have a concave or recurvate base and reduced shoulders.
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Point Validity:
Collector Type
Hranicky is an avocational
archaeologist who was awarded the Archaeological Society of Virginia’s Avocational award in 1989. He has published numerous personal books and articles. This point was named in his personally published book, and has only been references in his books and has no professional recognition. This type has no professional references and many collector type references. This is considered a collector type.
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30
Patrick Henry Projectile Point, Patrick Henry Arrowhead
