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The Bare Island projectile point is a stone projectile point of prehistoric indigenous peoples of North America. It was named by Fred Kinsey in 1959 for examples recovered at the Kent-Halley site on Bare Island in Pennsylvania.
Distribution
Area of distribution covers most of the upper Eastern Seaboard. The type was used during the late
Archaic through
Woodland period
In the classification of :category:Archaeological cultures of North America, archaeological cultures of North America, the Woodland period of North American pre-Columbian cultures spanned a period from roughly 1000 BC to European contact i ...
s. These points are generally found in the
Lower Susquehanna River Valley in
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...
, but are also found to the north in New Jersey, and to the northwest in southern and eastern New York and western Pennsylvania.
Age and cultural affiliations
The type was used during the late
Archaic through
Woodland period
In the classification of :category:Archaeological cultures of North America, archaeological cultures of North America, the Woodland period of North American pre-Columbian cultures spanned a period from roughly 1000 BC to European contact i ...
. They have mostly been dated to the late
Archaic period in North America, 3000-1000 BCE.
Description
The point is a medium to large sized, narrow, thick stemmed projectile or knife with tapered shoulders. One shoulder is higher than the other and the blade is convex to straight. The stem is parallel to expanding. It is similar to the Little Bear Creek point in the southeast.
Bare Island points sizes range from 1.2 in length to 3.8 inches with an average of somewhat over 2 inches in length. They have straight stems and straight bases, and are generally 2 to 3 times longer than they are wide.
See also
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Other projectile points
References
External links
Virginia Department of Historic Resources: Bare Island projectile point
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Projectile points
Archaic period in North America
Native American history of Maryland
Native American history of Pennsylvania