Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Alice Ferguson
Named For: Type site
Date Identified: 1963
Type Site: Accokeek Creek (18PR8) (aka: Moyaone), Prince George County, Maryland
Identified By: Alice Ferguson
Named For: Type site
Date Identified: 1963
Type Site: Accokeek Creek (18PR8) (aka: Moyaone), Prince George County, Maryland
Point Validity: Variant
This type was named in a professional publication. This type is thought to be a variant of the Rossville type. There is no or limited references to this type.
Accokeek Creek Contracting Stem
(Rossville Variant)Cluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small (1 to 1 1/2 inch) thick contracting stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight. The shoulders are weak to absent and are rounded with an upward slope giving the point a diamond shape. The stem is contracting with a rounded base. This point is generally crudely made with a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 25 to 50 mm, Width - 9 to 16 mm, Thickness - 6 to 10 mm
Total Length - 25 to 50 mm, Width - 9 to 16 mm, Thickness - 6 to 10 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Loyd Doty states:
ACCOKEEK CREEK (Contracted Stem) – is an Algonquian word meaning ‘at the edge of the hill’. This point type was probably named by artist and avocational archaeologist Alice Ferguson for examples recovered from the Accokeek Creek site (18PR8) known as Moyaone, a palisade village located on Accokeek creek, near the town of Accokeek, Prince George County, Maryland. The site was on her land and she performed the initial excavations before inviting the professionals in to assist. Accokeek Creek is a tidal tributary of Potomac Creek, itself a tributary of the Potomac River. From the headwaters to its mouth, Accokeek Creek is 14 miles in total length. These points are small (1” to 1 ½”), often crudely made, projectiles that are variants of the Rossville. They have expanded blades to waists with weak shoulders and medium length contracted stems with round bases. Their outline is diamond shaped and can be asymmetrical. Distribution includes the New England states and they were in use during the Early Woodland to Late Archaic period. Reference: Stephenson, Robert L. & Alice L. Ferguson with sections by Henry G. Ferguson 1963 The Accokeek Creek Site, A Middle Atlantic Seaboard Culture Sequence. (Anthropological Papers No. 20, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan) Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Loyd Doty states:
ACCOKEEK CREEK (Contracted Stem) – is an Algonquian word meaning ‘at the edge of the hill’. This point type was probably named by artist and avocational archaeologist Alice Ferguson for examples recovered from the Accokeek Creek site (18PR8) known as Moyaone, a palisade village located on Accokeek creek, near the town of Accokeek, Prince George County, Maryland. The site was on her land and she performed the initial excavations before inviting the professionals in to assist. Accokeek Creek is a tidal tributary of Potomac Creek, itself a tributary of the Potomac River. From the headwaters to its mouth, Accokeek Creek is 14 miles in total length. These points are small (1” to 1 ½”), often crudely made, projectiles that are variants of the Rossville. They have expanded blades to waists with weak shoulders and medium length contracted stems with round bases. Their outline is diamond shaped and can be asymmetrical. Distribution includes the New England states and they were in use during the Early Woodland to Late Archaic period. Reference: Stephenson, Robert L. & Alice L. Ferguson with sections by Henry G. Ferguson 1963 The Accokeek Creek Site, A Middle Atlantic Seaboard Culture Sequence. (Anthropological Papers No. 20, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan) Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in southern New England and into Virginia. Most commonly found along the Atlantic Coastal regions.
This point is primarily found in southern New England and into Virginia. Most commonly found along the Atlantic Coastal regions.
Age / Periods:
Date: 2,600 - 1,700 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Woodland
Glacial Period: Roman Warm
Culture:
Date: 2,600 - 1,700 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Woodland
Glacial Period: Roman Warm
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Taconic
Taconic
Other points in this cluster / Related points:
