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GENERAL DESCRIPTION: This
small, triangular, side-notched arrow point has relatively high placed
notches and a concave basal edge. The sides of the base may be straight to
expanded. There are two forms: One has a medium deep basal concavity and
sharp basal corners; the other has a straight to slightly concave basal edge
with the basal corners extending downward from it. The Washita Peno variety
was named by James A. Brown {1976 : 108 } CULTURE: A late prehistoric Caddoan
point, dating from A.D. 1100 to A.D. 1450 DISTRIBUTION: Primarily in
eastern Oklahoma, extreme western Arkansas and northeastern Texas. Both
serrated and unserrated examples have been found at both the Roden site in
the Arkansas valley and at Spiro mounds, Leflore county, Oklahoma. |
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WASHITA
(Peno Variety) |
