Description: Blade formed with broad shallow flaking with
secondary flaking
along the blade edges. There are two forms, rounded base and pointed base
Age and Culture: Early to middle archaic point dating in the 10000-5000 BP
range.
Distribution: Ranges over much of the country from Kentucky in the east over
to Texas and up to South Dakota

Ft. Payne Chert -
Benton Co., Tennessee
Text and Picture provided by Skip Hutchison