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Name Details:
Named By: James Mett Shippee
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1948
Type Site: Nebo Hill, Missouri
Nebo Hill
Cluster: Nebo Hill Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Various local cherts, occasionally heat treated
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,600 - 3,000 B.P.
Late Archaic
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a
large long thick lanceolate point with an elliptical or diamond cross section. The blade is excurvate with the widest portion of the blade being at about the mid-point.
Some examples have blades that cut inward towards the base giving a
slight stemmed appearance. The base varies from convex to concave and generally lacks
any basal or hafting region grinding. This point
is manufactured using percussion flaking with pressure flaking used to
touch op the blade forming a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 50 to
130 mm, Blade Width - 16 to 26 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in northwestern Missouri prairie regions commonly found on bluffs overlooking river valleys.
Found with decreased frequency outside of Missouri. This point
has, very rarely, been reported into Minnesota (Morrow, 2016),
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
This point is generally made with percussion flaking, but some examples may have pressure flaking (Justice, 2002).
Sedalia share many characteristics with Nebo Hill points.
However, Nebo Hill points tend to be somewhat smaller and narrower with more
pressure retouch and a thick, almost diamond-shaped cross section (Morrow,
2016).
Other points in this Cluster:
Sedalia Point Validity: Valid Type
Shippee is a distinguished avocational archaeologist who's work cataloging archaeological sites and artifacts led to the Smithsonian to send an archaeologist to work with Shippee. He
published numerous books and is highly respected. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 37, 168, 179, W2
Nebo Hill Projectile Point, Nebo Hill Arrowhead
