Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: David DeJarnette, Edward Karjack and James Cambron
Named For: Beaver Lake area in Limestone County, Alabama
Date Identified: 1962
Type Site: Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter, Colbert County, Alabama
Identified By: David DeJarnette, Edward Karjack and James Cambron
Named For: Beaver Lake area in Limestone County, Alabama
Date Identified: 1962
Type Site: Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter, Colbert County, Alabama
Point Validity:
Valid type
Dejarnette what the first Anthropologist hired by the University of Alabama and was an expert on southeastern archaeology. Kurjack studied Alabama archaeology as a graduate student at the University of Alabama and went on to become an expert on Mayan anthropology. Cambron is a distinguished avocational archaeologist that did extensive work in Alabama and the Tennessee River valley. This point was named in a professional book. This point has been referred to in numerous professional publications and is considered a valid type.
Dejarnette what the first Anthropologist hired by the University of Alabama and was an expert on southeastern archaeology. Kurjack studied Alabama archaeology as a graduate student at the University of Alabama and went on to become an expert on Mayan anthropology. Cambron is a distinguished avocational archaeologist that did extensive work in Alabama and the Tennessee River valley. This point was named in a professional book. This point has been referred to in numerous professional publications and is considered a valid type.
Beaver Lake Auriculate
AKA: Unfluted CumberlandCluster: Dalton Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This point is a medium to large auriculate lanceolate. The cross section is primarily elliptical, but may occasionally be seen with a median ridge on one or both sides. The blade is outward recurvate narrowing at the waist and flaring out at the towards the base. The base is primarily concave, but rarely may be straight, and may have basal grinding or thinning. Shallow flaking is used which may result in a median ridge. Secondary re-touching of the blade results in longer evenly spaced flakes which are removed from alternating faces. The flaking pattern ranges from random (most common) to collateral with a median ridge.
Size Measurements:
Length - 47 to 86 mm ( 64 mm average), Blade Width - 20 to 35 mm (average 24 mm), Waist Width - 15 to 28 mm (average 21 mm), Base Width - 18 to 32 mm (average 25 mm / greater than blade width), Thickness - 7 to 9 mm, Basal Concavity 2 to 5 mm (3 mm average)
Length - 47 to 86 mm ( 64 mm average), Blade Width - 20 to 35 mm (average 24 mm), Waist Width - 15 to 28 mm (average 21 mm), Base Width - 18 to 32 mm (average 25 mm / greater than blade width), Thickness - 7 to 9 mm, Basal Concavity 2 to 5 mm (3 mm average)
Commonly Utilized Material:
Cherts and Hornstone
Cherts and Hornstone
Additional Comments:
This point has been included in the Dalton Complex, but Justice (1987) feels that this is an extension of the Simpson technology.
This point has been included in the Dalton Complex, but Justice (1987) feels that this is an extension of the Simpson technology.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily in the Tennessee River Valley and less frequently into the Ohio River Valley. They are rarely found in into the Tampa region of Florida and the other highlighted regions.
This point is primarily in the Tennessee River Valley and less frequently into the Ohio River Valley. They are rarely found in into the Tampa region of Florida and the other highlighted regions.
Age / Periods:
Date: 10,500 - 9,500 B.P.
Cultural Period:Transitional Paleo
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene
Culture:
Date: 10,500 - 9,500 B.P.
Cultural Period:Transitional Paleo
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Arkabutla, Barnes, Candy Creek, Cumberland, Golondrina, Pike County, Quad, Simpson, Suwannee
Arkabutla, Barnes, Candy Creek, Cumberland, Golondrina, Pike County, Quad, Simpson, Suwannee
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Dalton, Dalton Breckenridge, Dalton Colbert, Dalton Greenbrier, Dalton Hemphill, Dalton Hempstead, Dalton Nuckolls, Dalton Sloan, Hardaway Dalton, Hi-Lo, Quad
Dalton, Dalton Breckenridge, Dalton Colbert, Dalton Greenbrier, Dalton Hemphill, Dalton Hempstead, Dalton Nuckolls, Dalton Sloan, Hardaway Dalton, Hi-Lo, Quad
