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[Bull. 182 



Middle Mississippian — Continued 



Side-notched, lifurcate flaring base- 

 Expanding stem, sligbtly concave base. 

 Expanding stem, slightly convex base. 

 Corner-notched, expanding stem, slightly concave base: 



Parallel sided stem, slightly concave base. 

 Straight stem, right angle shoulders: Simple barbed. 

 Triangular points: 



Stemless, notchless. 



Outline — essentially triangular. 



Lateral edges: Straight, triconcave, triconvex, overall ovate, or 



basically ovate. 

 Base: Straight, mildly concave, or mildly convex. 

 Edge treatment: Rechipped or serrated. 



Di^trihution: Widespread wherever Late Woodland and Middle 

 Mississippian influences have been felt. 

 Side-notched, tifurcate, flaring based points: 



Outline: Like the general triangular with a Y-shaped stem attached 

 to base, an expanding stem attached to a slightly concave base, 

 or an expanding stem attached to a slightly convex base. 

 Lateral edges: Either convex or serrated. 

 Base: Moderately to deeply concave. 

 Notches: Moderately wide to wide. 



Distribution: Wide but not dense. Found in sites in Virginia, 

 Tennessee, West Virginia, Alabama, as well as in some of the 

 northern Plains areas. 

 Straight-stemmed, right-angle shoulders: 



Outline: Like the general triangular with a straight stem attached 



forming either right-angle shoulders or simple barbs. 

 Distribution: Widespread. 



Table 4. — Triangular quartz points from 44McH 



Catalog No. 



Edge description 



Base de- 

 scription 



(')- 



137 



337 



456 



218 



28 



331 



87 



131 



394 



324 



339-6 



339-1 



33»-l 



339-3 



339-2 



100 



339-5 



670 



Average. 

 Largest.. 

 Smallest 



Straight 

 —.do.. 

 Serrate.. 

 .—do., 

 —.do.. 

 Straight 

 Serrate.. 

 —.do.. 

 Straight 

 Serrate.. 

 — .do.- 

 — do.. 

 ....do.. 

 ....do.. 

 ....do.. 

 ....do., 

 -...do.. 

 ....do-. 

 Convex. 



Straight. 



Do. 

 Concave. 



Do. 

 Straight. 



Do. 

 Concave. 

 Straight. 



Do. 

 Concave. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Straight. 



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