Neville
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What is a Neville Point?
What is a Neville Point?
Medium-sized triangular point
Symmetrical, isosceles body
Barbed with horizontal shoulders
Square angle where stem connects to body
Short stemmed
Bifacial
Measurements
Measurements
Length - x
Stem Length - x
Blade Width - x
Stem Width - x
Neck Width - x
Thickness - x
When are They From and Where are They Found?
When are They From and Where are They Found?
Middle to Late Archaic Period
8,000 to 6,000 B.C.E.
Located in New England, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania area
Map of Neville Point Distribution from https://bit.ly/3amMtxs
What Types of Materials Make Up This Point?
What Types of Materials Make Up This Point?
Felsite
Mixture of feldspar and quartz
Jaspar
Finely grained igneous rocks
Quartz, Argillite, Quartzite and Chalcedonies
What are Neville Variants?
What are Neville Variants?
Neville points can be found in a variety of conditions
Sometimes they found repurposed after damage
These are referred to as Neville Variants
Often these points have a shortened blade
Who Discovered Neville Points?
Who Discovered Neville Points?
Dena F. Dincauze
Amoskeg, Manchester, New Hampshire in 1976
Found at The Neville Site
Named after owner John Neville
Want to Learn More?
Want to Learn More?
Ives, Timothy H. "A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF MIDDLE ARCHAIC STEMMED POINTS FROM THE MONHANTIC FORT SITE, MASHANTUCKET, CONNECTICUT." Archaeology of Eastern North America 42 (2014): 1-14. Accessed April 19, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43868955.
ProjectilePoints.Net https://www.projectilepoints.net/Points/Neville.html
Lithics.Net http://www.lithicsnet.com/neville.htm
Dena F. Dincauze https://bit.ly/2QgN8K3
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