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Name Details:
Named By: J. B. Sollberg (Rockwall) / Martha Rollingson (St. Marion)
Named For: Rockwall
County, Tx /
Date Identified: 1970 (Rockwall) / 1991 (St. Marion)
Type Site: Toltec Mound Site, Scott, Arkansas (Rockwall) / Wilson Brake Site, Arkansas (St. Marion)
Rockwall / St. Marion
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,000 - 400 B.P.
Mississippian / Late Prehistoric
Vandal Minimum to Little Ice Age
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small triangular expanding stemmed point
with a flattened to elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight and is commonly serrated. The
shoulders are barbed and may extend to the base of the point. The stem is expanding with a straight to convex base. This
point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 20
to 45 mm, Stem Length - 4 to 8 mm (1/7 to 1/3 of the total length),
Blade Width - 13 to 22 mm, Neck Width - 4 to 7 mm, Stem Width
- 7 to 11 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in eastern Texas and into southwestern Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma and western Louisiana.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Turner and Hester (1985) argue that this type falls into the Steiner type. Sievert and Rogers (2011) discuss the history and artifacts found at Craig Mound, Spiro site. Rockwall
is considered a valid type that is listed in many professional publications on the artifacts of the Spiro Mounds.
Davis (1995) notes that the Rockwall and Sabinal points are similar in
appearance and outline. Both have barbs with stems that expand toward the
base. The primary difference being the Scallorn type has a more pronounced
expanded base, often as wide as the shoulders (Moore, 2015).
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Sollberg was an avocational archaeologist and expert flintknapper. He was the
president of the Texas Archaeological Society and assisted in many excavations in Texas. Rollingson
is a professional anthropologist who is a professor and who has served as the Acting Director of the Museum of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky. Many
professionals argue that the Rockwall type is a false type and a type that is made up of many other types. Others view the Rockwall type as a valid type. It is considered here as a valid type due to the
amount of professional recognition. The St. Marion type has no professional references.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
8, 23, 30, 180, 182
Rockwall Projectile Point, Rockwall Arrowhead
St. Marion Projectile Point, St. Marion Arrowhead
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