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Name Details:
Named By: James W. Cambron
Named For: Type Site location
Date Identified: 1955
Type Site: Stone Pipe Site, Wheeler Valley, Limestone County, Alabama
Wheeler Triangular
AKA: Wheeler Lanceolate
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
10,000 - 8,500 B.P.
Transitional Paleo
Early Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium
lanceolate point with an elliptical point. The blade is straight. The blade may become parallel at the hafting region. The base is most commonly deeply concave with steep basal beveling. Grinding on the basal edge and hafting region may occasionally be seen, but is primarily
absent. Some examples may be fluted. The flaking pattern may vary from collateral to random.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 27 to 67 mm
(48 mm average), Blade Width -
21 mm average, Thickness - 6 mm average, Basal Concavity - 7 mm average.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in Tennessee River Valley and it's watersheds. This point may be found with decreased frequency into the Gulf Coastal region.
Additional Comments:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Cambron is a distinguished
avocational archaeologist that did extensive work in Alabama and the Tennessee River valley. This point was named in a personally published book. This point has been
referred to in numerous professional publications and is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
12, 23, 30, 178
Wheeler Triangular Projectile Point, Wheeler Triangular Arrowhead
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