Name Details:
Named By: Wilfred T, Neill
Named For: Type site
Date Identified: 1966
Type Site: The Westo Bluff Site, Columbia County, Georgia
Westo
AKA for Morrow Mountain **
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Quartz quartzite, and cherts
Date:
Cultural Period:
5,000 -3,000 B.P.
Middle to Late Archaic
Middle Holocene to
Neoglacial
Old Quartz Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick small to
medium triangular contracting stem with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate, but may vary to straight on smaller examples. The shoulders are at an upward angle and rounded. The stem is short, broad, and contracting. The base varies from
convex to straight bases. Bullen
describes 4 subtypes and notes that subtype 4 may have a snapped
base. This point is often crudely made and has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length -
35 to 60 mm, Stem Length - 7 to 15 mm, Blade Width - 25
to 35 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in southern Georgia and through-out Florida to about the Englewood Region.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
The exact dates for this point is still unknown. This point is though to represent the end of the Florida Archaic Stemmed Cluster and thought to be dated to post Orange period in Florida and Georgia
(Granger and Granger, 2013).
**Farr (2006) suggest that when Neill named this point in 1966 he was unaware of Coe's research (1964) and naming of the Morrow Mountain type point. He suggest that this is the same point as the Morrow
Mountain. However, Farr argues that the Morrow Mountain does not extend into Florida and this point has a distribution into Florida.
See link below for additional examples
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Neill was a herpetologist who
taught herpetology, ecology and archaeology at Pasco-Hernando Community College in Florida. He named this point in a professional publication and this type has many
professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 57, 59
Westo Projectile Point, Westo Arrowhead
