Native American, southwest Virginia, Scott, Washington, and Smyth Counties, near Abingdon, Paleo-Indian to Mississippian Period, ca. 13000 BCE to 1500 CE (15,000 to 500 BP). A fantastic gathering of 32 hand-knapped stone projectile points from the southwest corner of Virginia presenting hues of russet, cream, ash grey, charcoal grey, black, and white. These fine arrowheads exhibit diverse forms, including stemmed, triangular, triangular corner notch, asymmetrical pentagonal, triangular bifurcated, triangular expanding stem, auriculate lanceolate, side notch, triangular stemmed, contracting stem, and triangular fluted. These lovely points include several different types, such as Palmer, Pee Dee, Caraway, Yadkin, Clarksville, St. Albans, Kanawha, Decatur, Halifax, Amos, Hardaway Dalton, Stanly, Hardaway Side Notch, Kirk Stemmed, Uwharrie, Kirk Corner Notch, MacCorkle, Jack's Reef, Koens Crispin, Appomattox River, Steubenville, Nansemond, Yadkin, and Morrow Mountain II. Size of largest: 1.875" W x 3.375" H (4.8 cm x 8.6 cm); Size of frame: 11.875" W x 8" H (30.2 cm x 20.3 cm)
Knapped lithics, like these examples, are made using percussion, striking them with other stones; the process required to get them the correct shape requires training and skill.
Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Charles (Charlie) Meyer collection, noted collector and famed illustrator for Greg Perino, famed authenticator and writer
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Condition
Loss to tip of 1 point and stem of another. Nicks and chips on peripheries, commensurate with age and use. Otherwise, excellent. Set in a Riker case.