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Name Details:
Named By: Dan Morse and Phyllis Morse
Named For: Type Site (site discoverer)
Date Identified: 1986
Type Site: Weems Site (23-Mi-25), Missouri
Weems
Cluster: Terminal Archaic Barbed Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
2,500 - 2,100 B.P.
Early
Woodland
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular barbed expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight. Wide notches enter from the
corner of the preform forming a shoulder that is barbed and an expanding stem. The base is convex. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the central Mississippi River Valley.
Related / Associated Points:
McCarty Additional Comments:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Dan Morse is an anthropologist who
was a professor at the University of Arkansas. He served as an archaeologist for the Arkansas Archaeological Survey. Phyllis is a
distinguished anthropologist who specialized in the laboratory analysis of artifacts, specializing in the Mississippi River Valley. This
point was named in a professional publication and has limited professional references from Arkansas. This is considered a valid type
.
Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Dan and Phyllis Morse, 2014
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
30, 134
Weems Projectile Point, Weems Arrowhead
