Sourcing Gary Points at the Poverty Point Site and Chert from the Trans-Pecos and High Plains Regions

Summary

This is an abstract from the "*SE Not Your Father’s Poverty Point: Rewriting Old Narratives through New Research" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The chert source analysis of Gary projectile points at the Poverty Point site reveals the movements of communities and/or tool stone resources. The study investigates westward connections at the site as indicated by the potential influx of Edwards Plateau chert. Varieties of Edwards Plateau chert from the Trans-Pecos and High Plains regions of Texas are macroscopically similar to varieties of St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve “northern grey” chert from the Highland Rim. The possibility that Edwards Plateau chert is being utilized at the Poverty Point site is investigated through the reflectance spectroscopy analysis of 312 Gary projectile points recovered at the site. Results may demonstrate the presence of western influences not previously investigated.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)   •
• *SE Not Your Father’s Poverty Point: Rewriting Old Narratives through New Research

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Abstract Id(s): 39343.0