SIMPSON
POINT
HARNEY FLATS SITE
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA
DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND
HISTORY COLLECTION
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SIMPSON POINT
HARNEY FLATS SITE
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA
DIVISION
OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY COLLECTION
This Simpson point was found during the excavation of the Harney Flats
site in Hillsborough County, Florida. The two earliest point types found
on this site were Simpson and Suwannee points. The main difference
between these two points is that the Simpson point is more wasted, has
less prominent ears and is generally smaller that Suwannee points.
The Harney Flats site is a deeply stratified site that covered an area
of approximately 3 1/3 acres (1.35 ha). This site is one of the largest
Paleo-Indian excavations in the southeastern United States. While
emphasis was placed on the Suwannee component, a stratified sequence was
also present at the site represented by early and middle Archaic
occupations. Test pit and block excavations produced 1x1 meter square
and level provenience for more than 79,000 pieces of debitage and exact
provence for over 1,000 tools within the Suwannee component (Randy
Daniel).
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