Name Details:
Named By: Peter P. Cooper II
Named For: Rowan County, North Carolina
Date Identified: 1970
Type Site:
Rowan
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
9,500 - 8,000 B.P.
Early Archaic
Early Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular
side notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight.
One edge is commonly beveled and edges are occasionally serrated. The shoulders are at an
upward slope. Parallel notches are wide and create an expanding stem. The stem is usually wider than the blade at the
shoulders. The base may vary from straight to concave
and beveled on both edges with basal grinding is commonly on this point as well as basal thinning. This point has a random flaking pattern, but parallel oblique flaking may be seen on some examples.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 38 to
80 mm, Stem Length - 9 to 15 mm, Width - 20 to 30 mm,
Stem Width -22 to 33 mm, Neck Width - 13 to 25 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This name is primarily used on the Piedmont region of Virginia, North Carolina, but has been rarely used in the Piedmont regions of South Carolina, and infrequently Georgia.
Additional Comments:
It is thought that this point may represent a transitional point between auriculate points and later side notch points. Early examples may have an auriculate appearance.
Many times on of the auricles (ears) droop below the baseline of the stem.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Cooper is a
professional archaeologist and was a professor at Catawba College,
Salisbury, NC. He is well published on the archaeology of Virginia and
the surrounding region. This type was named in the archaeological
societies publication. McAvoy and McAvoy
(1997) point out that this type is primarily used by avocational archaeologist in Virginia and North Carolina.
There are many professional references to this type. This is
considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Geoff Atwater
Caree Hollifield
David Martin
Special Thanks for additional information provided by:
Kenn Steffy
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 59, 180, W11
Rowan Projectile Point, Rowan Arrowhead
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