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Bifurcate-stemmed Projectile Points in the Eastern United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

James E. Fitting
James E. Fitting*
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Abstract

In 1953 it was suggested that bifurcate-stemmed projectile points might serve as a horizon marker in the southwestern United States. Since then material has been reported which indicates that this is also true for the eastern United States. There are two types of bifurcate-stemmed points: a larger form which may be older than 5000 B.C. and a smaller form which appears to be more recent.

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American Antiquity , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , July 1964 , pp. 92 - 94
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1964

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