Neville

This content was prepared by Sarah Bingham, Rowan University Class of 2021

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

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?

  • 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?

  • Felsite

    • Mixture of feldspar and quartz

  • Jaspar

  • Finely grained igneous rocks

    • Quartz, Argillite, Quartzite and Chalcedonies

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?

  • Dena F. Dincauze

  • Amoskeg, Manchester, New Hampshire in 1976

  • Found at The Neville Site

    • Named after owner John Neville

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