Travis

Associated Dates: 4600 - 1000 Y.B.P. - Mid-Archaic - Woodland

Also See: Angostura, Bare Island, Darl, Kent, Lange, Nolan, Pandale

Location: Southwestern United States - Especially Texas

Morphology: Stemmed

General Description: The Travis is a medium sized rectangular dart point characterized by the absence of barbs and has poorly defined shoulders. Due to the weak shoulders it can be hard to determine where the neck and shoulders meet on some examples. The blade is long and narrow. Suhm and Krieger in 1954 first described the point as: " … a slender triangular to leaf-shaped blade, edges straight to excurvate.” Many specimens have the tip slimmed down to a needle-like point. The shoulders vary from slight to rounded. The stem is usually rectangular with parallel edges, but may expand or contract slightly. The basal edge is usually straight but may be slightly concave or convex

ABOVE: TRAVIS01: Travis point; no details. Source: Texasarrowheads dot com

The Travis has a close resemblance to some other Texas point types. Specimens of the Travis which have a concave basal edge can resemble the Darl type but lack the beveling and stem grinding. The Travis point seems to be related to the Nolan (Travis do not have the beveled stem edges) and Pandale point types and is found in the same areas of Texas. In all likelihood it may be that all three point types are variants of the same point. The Travis is narrower and has less prominent shoulders than the Lange type.

The size of the Travis point ranges between 51 mm and 89 mm. The stem is long and is between 1/5 to 1/3 rd of the total length of the point. The Travis point was was named and described by Dee Ann Suhm, Alex D. Krieger, and Edward B. Jelks in 1954 for examples found in central Texas. J. C. Kelley had previously described a type which he called the "Strawn Stemmed" in 1947 which is now included in the overall Travis description. In 1979 F. A. Weir described a type called the "Buda" which may be a local variant of the Travis point.

ABOVE: TRAVIS02: Travis point; see details below

About the Point directly above: The point pictured above is a medium sized Travis point. This specimen is made from a satin dark cream or tan chert. The point measures 67 mm in length, 23 mm at the widest point (across the shoulders) and is 7 mm thick mid blade. The point tip thins down to 4 mm in thickness and the basal edge thins to 5 mm in thickness. This point was formerly in the Bob Miller collection, and was found in Bell County, Texas. (TEXT SOURCE: Art Gumbus, Lithics-Net)

ABOVE: TRAVIS03: Travis point; no details. Source: Texasarrowheads dot com

Triangular Knife

Associated Dates: 3500 – 3000 Y.B.P

Tribute
(also known as the “Craig” point; see note below)

Associated Dates: 1000 Y.B.P.

General Description: “Tribute points date to the early Caddoan period sometime around A.D. 1100. All known examples are reported to have been found with a single burial in Craig mound….the Spiro Mounds site in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.…People have been calling them Tribute points for several years. However, in 2002 Greg Perino describes this point but gives it a new name, calling it the Craig point after the mound where it was found.” (TEXT SOURCE: Pete Bostrom, Lithic Casting Lab

TRIBUTE POINT THUMBNAIL GALLERY (30 images: 15 source images/15 thumbnails)

Tribute 1	Tribute 2	Tribute 3
Tribute 4	Tribute 5	Tribute 6
Tribute 7	Tribute 8	Tribute 9
Tribute 10	Tribute 11	Tribute 12
Tribute 13	Tribute 14	Tribute 15

ABOVE: TRIB01: Tribute point; Craig mound, the Spiro Mounds Site, Le Flore County, Oklahoma; 2.31 inches (57.75mm); Boone chert; one of (perhaps) only 21 known examples; first of four images. Source: Pete Bostrom, Lithic Casting Lab

ABOVE: TRIB02: second of four views of Tribute point described above in frame #01. Source: Pete Bostrom, Lithic Casting Lab

ABOVE: TRIB03: third of four views of Tribute point described above in frame #01. Source: Pete Bostrom, Lithic Casting Lab

ABOVE: TRIB04: fourth of four views of Tribute point described above in frame #01. Source: Pete Bostrom, Lithic Casting Lab

ABOVE: TRIB05: Tribute points; Spiro Mounds Site, Le Flore County, Oklahoma. Source: /www.mississippian-artifacts.com/

ABOVE: TRIB06: Tribute point, one of 25 known examples; Spiro Mounds Site, Le Flore County, Oklahoma; 1.75 inches (44.4mm); first of four views. Source: Chris Merriam Collection, Arrowheadsonline dot com

ABOVE: TRIB07: second of four views of Tribute point described above in frame #06. Source: Chris Merriam Collection, Arrowheadsonline dot com

ABOVE: TRIB08: third of four views of Tribute point described above in frame #06. Source: Chris Merriam Collection, Arrowheadsonline dot com

ABOVE: TRIB09: fourth of four views of Tribute point described above in frame #06. Source: Chris Merriam Collection, Arrowheadsonline dot com

ABOVE: TRIB10: Tribute point; 1.81 inches (45.25mm); Craig mound, the Spiro Mounds Site, Le Flore County, Oklahoma; first of three images. Source: Pete Bostrom, Lithic Casting Lab

ABOVE: TRIB11: second of three images of Tribute point described above in frame #07. Source: Pete Bostrom, Lithic Casting Lab

ABOVE: TRIB12: third of three images of Tribute point described above in frame #07. Source: Pete Bostrom, Lithic Casting Lab

ABOVE: TRIB13: Tribute point, one of only 25 known examples; Spiro Site, Le Flore County, Oklahoma; 1.5 inches (38.1mm); first of three views. Source: Chris Arrowheadsonline dot

ABOVE: TRIB14: second of three views of Tribute point described above in frame #13. Source: Chris Merriam, Arrowheadsonline dot com

ABOVE: TRIB15: third of three views of Tribute point described above in frame #13. Source: Chris Merriam, Arrowheadsonline dot com

Trimble

Associated Dates: 1600 – 1000 Y.B.P

DISTRIBUTION: undetermined as yet

TRIMBLE POINT THUMBNAIL GALLERY

Trimble 1	Trimble 2	Trimble 3

ABOVE, LEFT: TRIMBLE1: Trimble points
ABOVE, MIDDLE: TRIMBLE2: Trimble point; source: Illinois State Museum
ABOVE, RIGHT: TRIMBLE3: Trimble point; source: Illinois State Museum

Trinity

Associated Dates: 3000 – 2000 Y.B.P.

Trojan

Associated Dates: 1300 – 300 Y.B.P.

Truxton

Associated Dates: 1500 – 1000 Y.B.P.

General Description: base convex; may have multiple shoulder edge and blade notches

Tulare Lake
(also known as the “Craig” point; see note below)

Associated Dates: 1000 Y.B.P.

General Description: “Tribute points date to the early Caddoan period sometime around A.D. 1100. All known examples are reported to have been found with a single burial in Craig mound….the Spiro Mounds site in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.…People have been calling them Tribute points for several years. However, in 2002 Greg Perino describes this point but gives it a new name, calling it the Craig point after the mound where it was found.” (TEXT SOURCE: Pete Bostrom, Lithic Casting Lab

TULARE LAKE POINT (20 images: 10 source images/10 thumbnails)

Tulare Lake 1	Tulare Lake 2	Tulare Lake 3	Tulare Lake 4
Tulare Lake 5	Tulare Lake 6	Tulare Lake 7	Tulare Lake 8
Tulare Lake 9

ABOVE: TULARE01: Tulare Lake point; Black Rock Desert, Nevada (identification by Ben Stermer); 2.38 inches (60.4mm); first of two views. Source: Highdesertartifacts dot com

ABOVE: TULARE02: second of two views of Tulare Lake point described above. Source: Highdesertartifacts dot com

ABOVE: TULARE03 AND TULARE04: Tulare Lake point; found “in the vicinity of the Witt Site,” Tulare Lake, California. Source: Terry Baxter, Westernartifacts dot com

ABOVE: TULARE05 AND TULARE06: Tulare Lake point; found “in the vicinity of the Witt Site,” Tulare Lake, California; pit is mineral inclusion or mineral dissolution. Source: Terry Baxter, Westernartifacts dot com

ABOVE: TULARE07 AND TULARE08: Tulare Lake point; found “in the vicinity of the Witt Site,” Tulare Lake, California; pit is mineral inclusion or mineral dissolution. Source: Terry Baxter, Westernartifacts dot com

ABOVE: TULARE09 AND TULARE10: Tulare Lake point; found “in the vicinity of the Witt Site,” Tulare Lake, California; pit is mineral inclusion or mineral dissolution. Source: Terry Baxter, Westernartifacts dot com

Tulare Lake Bi-Point

Associated Dates: 8000 – 6000 Y.B.P.

General Description: ovoid leaf with a pointed base

ABOVE: TULB01: Tulare Lake Bi-Point; Kern Co., California. Source: Westernartifacts dot com

Tuolumne

Associated Dates: 3100 – 2500 Y.B.P

Turin

Associated Dates: 8500 – 7500 Y.B.P

TURIN POINT THUMBNAIL GALLERY (8 images: 4 source images/4 thumbnails)

Turin 1	Turin 2	Turin 3	Turin 3

ABOVE: TURIN01: Turin point; Fulton Co., Illinois; 1.25 inches (31.25mm); Burlington chert; first of two images

ABOVE: TURIN02: second view of Turin point described above

ABOVE: TURIN03: Turin point; found near Morrisonville, Christian Co., Illinois; 3.0 inches (75mm); Kankakee chert; first of two images. Source: Chris Merriam, Arrowheadsonline dot com

ABOVE: TURIN04: second of two views of Turin point described above. Source: Chris Merriam, Arrowheadsonline dot com