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Name Details:
Named By: James W. Cambron
Named For: examples found at Washington County, Alabama
Date Identified: 1975
Type Site:
Washington
(Provisional Type)
Cluster: Scallorn Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
White Quartzite
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,000 - 1,500 B.P.
Woodland
Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick small
triangular side notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight. The blade is
commonly serrated. Shallow parallel notches form shoulder that are at an upward angle. The stem is expanding with a base that
may vary from straight to concave and commonly has basal thinning. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 16 to 24 mm (20 mm average), Stem
Length - 5
to 8 mm (7 mm average), Blade Width - 9 to 13
mm (10 mm average), Stem Width - 7 to 11
mm (9 mm average), Notch Depth - 1 to 2 mm, Notch
Width - 4 to 5 mm, Thickness - 5 to 7 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in southwestern Alabama and into southeastern Mississippi.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Pictures:
Point Validity: Provisional Type
Cambron is a distinguished
avocational archaeologist that did extensive work in Alabama and the Tennessee River valley. Hulse is a renowned avocational archaeologist who did extensive work in
Alabama. This point was named in a personally published book. There are limited professional
references to this type. This is considered a provisional type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Sam Stodart
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
12, 23, 30, 37
Washington Projectile Point, Washington Arrowhead
