CUMBERLAND POINT
DUTCHESS QUARRY CAVE #1 SITE
ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK
INC. ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER
NEW YORK STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION COLLECTION
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    This Cumberland-type fluted point was the first of six fluted points recovered from the complex of caves located on lookout Mountain in Orange County, New York. It's fully fluted on both faces and ground smooth on the basal edges. The edges are expertly pressure flaked. Both sides were covered by white lime crust but one side was removed for photography. This crust is due to the location of the caves in a formation of dolomitic limestone of the Ordovician period. This point is made of Kalkberg chert and measures 2 3/8 inches (6 cm) long and 7/32 inch (5.5 mm) thick.
    This Cumberland-type point was recovered well outside the usual geographic range for classic Cumberland points. On the average, this point would be smaller and thinner than most Cumberland points from the states of Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee. It might be more proper to call this point a Barnes point.

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