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Name Details:
Named By: Gregory Perino
Named For: McCurtain County, Oklahoma
Date Identified: 1991
Type Site:
Mortuary site on Little River, McCurtain County, Oklahoma
McCurtain
(Provisional Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
800 - 600 B.P.
Mississippian
Modern Times
Caddoan Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium triangular side notch point with a flattened to median ridge cross section. The blade may vary from straight to slightly excurvate. The shoulders are horizontal with an
expanded stem. The base may range from straight to convex with rounded basal corners. This point has a collateral to chevron flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is reported in eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas
extending to northeastern Texas and southeastern Oklahoma.
Related / Associated Points:
Morris Additional Comments:
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Provisional Type
Perino was a well-respected self-taught archeologist who was the founder of the Illinois State Archeological Society. This point was named in a
personally published book and has no professional references. This is considered a provisional type.
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Age Details:
Sanders Phase of the Caddoan culture (Perino,
1991)
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Perino, 1991
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
30, 192
McCurtain Projectile Point, McCurtain Arrowhead
