CUMBERLAND
POINT
TRINITY SITE
LEWIS
COUNTY, KENTUCKY
PRIVATE COLLECTION
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CUMBERLAND POINT
TRINITY SITE
LEWIS COUNTY, KENTUCKY
PRIVATE COLLECTION
This is the only complete and undamaged Cumberland point found on the
Trinity
Cumberland cache site. It's made of Wyandotte chert and measures 3
1/2 inches (8.9 cm) long and 1 1/8 inches (2.8 cm) wide.
The Trinity site was discovered by Dave McCall and named
after the town of Trinity, in Lewis County, northern Kentucky. The site
is located about a mile southwest of town and situated on an ancient
river terrace about 40 to 50 feet above the Ohio river flats. The
Trinity site cache is the only documented Cumberland point cache found
to date.
Most of the Cumberland points found on the Trinity site were
found within a small area. There have been eleven Cumberland points
found to date. They include, the undamaged point illustrated here, seven
points assembled from fragments that represent complete & almost
complete points and three more points that are represented by fragments
of bases & points.
CUMBERLAND POINT
TRINITY SITE
LEWIS COUNTY, KENTUCKY
PRIVATE COLLECTION
This picture shows three
views of the only complete unbroken Cumberland point found on the
Trinity Cumberland cache site in Lewis County, Kentucky. |