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Name Details:
Named By: Bennie C. Keel
Named For: Transylvania County, North Carolina
Date Identified: 1976
Type Site:
Transylvania Triangular
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Quartzite and Felsite
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,000 - 2,300 B.P.
Early Woodland
Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large triangular point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is slightly excurvate with a straight base. The basal corners are slightly rounded.
This point has a random flaking pattern. This point is manufactured by direct percussion flaking.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 40 to 60 mm (average 55 mm),
Width - 25 to 35 mm (average 27 mm), Thickness - 24 to 35 mm
(average 27 mm), Thickness - 10 to 18 mm (Keel, 1987)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is most commonly found in the Piedmont of North Carolina and South Carolina and into the Appalachian region. This point may be found into the Piedmont of Virginia and Georgia and Appalachian
region of Tennessee.
Additional Comments:
Keel (1976) These points are commonly found with Swannanoa Stemmed projectile points along with Swannanoa Checked Stamped and Swannanoa Simple Stamped ceramics.
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Point Validity: Valid Type
Keel is an anthropologist and
professor at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. He is considered an expert on southeastern archaeology and is dedicated to archaeological preservation. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 by the Society of American Archaeology. This type was named in a his Ph.D dissertation and has many
professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
30, 129
Transylvania Triangular Projectile Point, Transylvania Triangular Arrowhead
