Piney Island

This content was prepared by Dominic Fargnoli, Rowan University, 2021


What is Piney Island?

  • Piney Island is a term dedicated to the specific type of projectile point found in the Delaware Valley and Pennsylvania.

  • Consisting of a long triangular blade with a short, inward curving base, crafted using a random flaking method rather than other more orderly methods.

  • This type of point was made in the Middle Archaic period, which is around the year 4,000 B.C.

Other Information

  • The most common varieties of material that this point is made out of is quartz, quartzite, argillite, and chert.

  • The average length of these points range around 60mm overall on average, with the blade itself averaging around 21mm.

  • Not much information is available for this point, although the data surrounding this point that is available gives enough context for them to be identifiable.

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