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SIMPSON
POINTS
LATE PALEO
SIMPSON POINT
SUWANNEE
RIVER
HAMILTON OR SUWANNEE CO., FLORIDA
DENNIS VESPER COLLECTION
Simpson points are found on early sites in the southeastern United
Sates in the general region of Florida, Alabama, Georgia and
Mississippi. Simpson points are often found on sites that also produce
Clovis and Suwannee points. The two earliest point types found on the scientifically
excavated Harney Flats site, in Hillsborough Co., Florida, were
Simpson and Suwannee points. An estimated date for Simpson points is
9,000 to 10,500 years ago. Some archaeologists believe they may be
older.
SIMPSON POINT
SUWANNEE
RIVER
HAMILTON OR SUWANNEE CO., FLORIDA
DENNIS VESPER COLLECTION
Similar points are found south of the U.S. border all the way to
Argentina where they are called "Fishtails" because of
their outward curving basal "ears". A cultural connection
between these two similar point types may one day be proven. Both
Simpson and Fishtail points have concave bases and highly recurved
blade edges. The bases of these points are usually either slightly
or heavily thinned or in rare cases even fluted but there was no
main tradition of fluting Simpson points. 
SIMPSON POINT
SUWANNEE
RIVER
HAMILTON OR SUWANNEE CO., FLORIDA
DENNIS VESPER COLLECTION
Simpson points were named in 1968 by Ripley P. Bullen after examples
found in the J. Clarence Simpson collection in the Florida State
Museum. |
