Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Gary Fogleman and Wm Jack Hranicky
Named For: Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Date Identified: 1994
Type Site:
Identified By: Gary Fogleman and Wm Jack Hranicky
Named For: Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Date Identified: 1994
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Collector type
Fogelman is an avocational archaeologist who has written many books including the Pennsylvania Fluted Point Survey. Hranicky is an avocational archaeologist who has published many books on archaeology. This type was named in a personally published book and has no professional references. This type has many collector type references. This is considered a collector type.
Fogelman is an avocational archaeologist who has written many books including the Pennsylvania Fluted Point Survey. Hranicky is an avocational archaeologist who has published many books on archaeology. This type was named in a personally published book and has no professional references. This type has many collector type references. This is considered a collector type.
Northumberland Fluted
Collector TypeCluster: Clovis Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large lanceolate with a flattened cross section. The blade is excurvate with the tip curving in and curving back in towards the base. Many examples have an ovoid appearance. The widest portion of the blade may range from the top one third to two thirds of the blade. Only one face is fluted and fluting is absent on the alternate side. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Length - 50 to 110 mm, Width - 25 to 40 mm, Flute Length - 1/4 of of blade to entire length of the blade,
Length - 50 to 110 mm, Width - 25 to 40 mm, Flute Length - 1/4 of of blade to entire length of the blade,
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Susquehanna River valley of Pennsylvania and into New York and Maryland.
This point is primarily found in the Susquehanna River valley of Pennsylvania and into New York and Maryland.
Age / Periods:
Date: 12,000 - 10,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Paleo
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene
Culture:
Date: 12,000 - 10,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Paleo
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene
Culture:
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