Description: Corner notched in form,
and usually has steep bevel on the sides. Base is usually fractured off from the
sides at a angle. Base is usually ground, and grinding can be profound. Ears are
also seen fractured in burin format. Example has both ears snapped, and "side to
side" fractured base. Lightly ground. Form is confused with Ohio fractured base,
and there is debate that they are actually the same form.
Age and Culture: Early Archaic 9000 - 3000 B.P
Distribution:
Northern Alabama, Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Western
West Virginia, Severe Eastern Missouri, Northern Mississippi, and Northern
Georgia. (Noel Justice, Stone Age Spear & Arrowheads., p. 81, 1987.)
Origin: Stewart CO. Tennessee
Material: Fort Payne
Length: 2 5/8"
Width: 1 1/4"
Jackson COA, #12939
Picture and Text provided by Robert Grimmer