Gary Mississippi – Arrowhead & Projectile Point Identification

Culture: Late Archaic-Poverty Point-Gulf Formational

Time period: Late Archaic period

Region: Mississippi Southeast

Material: Local chert formations, often heat-treated

Late Archaic-Poverty Point-Gulf Formational. Gary, var. Mayhan Woodland period variant. Contracting stemmed points called Waubesa Wisconsin/Upper Mississippi Valley nearly identical Belknap/Dickson Illinois Gary points south east. McIntire, Pickwick, Ledbetter, Tangipahoa (Provisional), Little Bear Creek, Late Archaic Barbed (Provisional), Cotaco Creek, Kent, Flint Creek-Pontchartrain, Mud Creek, Smithsonia, Wade, Motley, Epps, Delhi, Macon, Wolf Lake (Provisional).

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