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Cottonwood Leaf
Desert Traditions Classic/Historic Phases 700 - 200 B.P.

L 2"  W 3/4"

Overstreet 10 p. 832 - Arizona and westward into California and Nevada. A small, thin, leaf shaped arrow point that resembles a long tear-drop. The base is rounded.

This point was reportedly found in Arizona

Cottonwood Leaf
Desert Traditions Classic/Historic Phases 700 - 200 B.P.

L 2" W 3/4"

Overstreet 10 p. 832 - Arizona and westward into California and Nevada. A small, thin, leaf shaped arrow point that resembles a long tear-drop. The base is rounded.

This point was reportedly found in Arizona

Cottonwood Triangle
Desert Traditions Classic/Historic Phases 700 - 200 B.P.

L 1 1/4" W 9/16" Arizona

Overstreet 10 p. 832 - Arizona and westward into California and Nevada. A small thin triangular arrow point with a straight to slightly convex basal edge.

Cottonwood Triangle - Possible exhausted Canaliño
Desert Traditions Classic/Historic Phases 700 - 200 B.P.

Arizona and westward into California and Nevada. A small thin triangular arrow point with a straight to slightly convex basal edge.

Point Type: Unifaced Triangular Arrow Point

L .95" W .71"

Provenance: Found as a surface find November 2008 on private land north of Descanso, California by Rob Horne of Descanso.

Dalton
Early Archaic, 10,000 - 9,200 B.P.

L 1.83" W .95"
Tan-Brown Chert
Found in Morgan County, Missouri

Artifact of the Early Archaic Period, Dalton Complex, dating in the 9500 B.P. range. The Dalton Complex consists of a group of similar Early Archaic points, each having it's own distribution range, and several of these ranges overlap with one-another. The Dalton point and it's varieties are found from the East Coast to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada. The Dalton Cluster includes the Breckenridge, Colbert, Hardaway, Hardaway side-notched, Greenbrier, Nansemond, Sloan, Meserve, Tallahassee, Vian Creek, Hemphill, Kisatchie and the classic Dalton point.

A medium size lanceolate point or knife with convex blade edges, rounded shoulders and expanded, "eared" base. Lateral and basal edges are heavily ground and basal thinning is present. Cross-section is lenticular and flaking is by pressure. Re-sharpenings have reduced the original size of the blade. Partial fluting on this example.

Dalton
Early Archaic, 10,000 - 9,200 B.P.

L 2.26" W 1.07
Clay County Arkansas, Bailey's Chert

Overstreet 10 p. 715 - Midwestern to Southeastern states. A medium to large size, thin, auriculate, fishtailed point. Many are finely serrated and exhibit excellent flaking. Beveling may occur on one side of each face but is usually on the right side. All have basal grinding. This type spread over most of the eastern and Midwestern U.S. and strongly influenced many types to follow.

Dalton - Greenbrier
Early Archaic, 9500 B.P.

L 86 mm. W 31 mm.
Dover Chert

Found in Stewart Co., Tenn.

A large dart/knife form that has had two or three re-sharpenings that have reduced the size of the blade considerably.

Greg Perino COA.
Collectors grade.
ex-John Sisk col.

Midwestern to eastern states and Florida. A medium to large size, auriculate form with a concave base and drooping to expanding auricles.  Many examples are serrated, some are fluted on both sides and all have basal grinding. Re-sharpened examples are usually beveled on the right side of each face although left side beveling does occur. Thinness and high quality flaking is evident on many examples. This early type spread over most the U.S. and strongly influenced many other types to follow.

L 2.02" W .9"

Texas to Oklahoma. A medium to large size, thin, lanceolate blade with typical Darl flaking, fine edgework and a concave to straight base. - Overstreet 10 p. 564

Datil
Early Archaic, 7000 - 6000 B.P.

Overstreet 10 p. 835 - The Southern portion of the southwestern states. A small/dark knife with serrated blade. The stem is short and rectangular to rounded. Shoulder are straight to obtuse and very small to non existent in relation to overall size of the point.

L 1 7/16" W 3/4"

This point was reportedly found in Arizona

Desert Sierra Side Notched
Classic to Historic, 700 - 200 B.P.

L .91" W .48

Desert Sierra point from an old collection found in the 1950's.
Chert - A Great Basin point. No earlier than 1100 to 1200 A.D. to historic and modern age.

Dickson
Woodland, 2500 - 1600 B.P.

Missouri, made of Burlington Chert
L 2.04" W 1.9"
Grade 7.5
Ex-Bob Herren collection

Baker COA

Midwestern states. Associated with the Hopewell culture. A medium to large size point with tapered shoulders and a contracting stem. High quality flaking and thinness is evident on most examples. - Overstreet 10 p. 722

 Dovetail
Collector's Grade w/Dual COA's

Early Archaic period in the 8,500 B.P. range

A blue and cream Coshocton Dovetail found by Michael Renihan, spring 2005 in Hendricks Co., Indiana. This is a high-quality Dovetail made from a colorful, high-grade Coshocton flint. It is 2 7/8" in length and 1 1/16" wide. Nice secondary edge work and a very smooth feeling artifact. 

2005 Jackson Galleries COA & 2006 Davis Artifacts G-9 COA.

Midwestern to Eastern states. A medium to large size, broad, thin, elliptical, corner notched point with dovetail base. First stage forms are not beveled. Beveling on opposite sides of each face occurs during the re-sharpening process. The base is convex and most examples exhibit quality flaking. - Overstreet 10 p.474

Dovetail

Origin: Clinton County, Ohio
Material: Hornstone
Length: 1 7/8"
Width: 1 7/16"

Early Archaic period in the 8,500 B.P. range

Jackson COA

Early Archaic, 9500 - 8000 B.P.

Elko
Late Archaic to Development Phase, 3500 - 1200 B.P.

Blackrock Desert NV.

Finder - Ray Mudge in the 60's
1-5/16" x 7/8"

From late Archaic period around 1500-1300 B.C. into the intermediate period A.D. 600-700.

The Black Rock Desert is a dry lake bed and the surrounding endorheic basin in northwestern Nevada in the United States. The flat expanse of dry lake, or playa, is a remnant of the prehistoric Lake Lahontan, which existed between 18,000 and 7,000 BC during the last ice age. During the lake's peak around 12,700 years ago, the desert floor was under approximately 500 ft (150 m) of water. Black Rock is the site of the annual Burning Man festival. It is the largest event that occurs there.