Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: James Cambron and David Hulse
Named For: Type Site Area
Date Identified: 1960
Type Site: Hulse Site, Limestone County, Alabama
Identified By: James Cambron and David Hulse
Named For: Type Site Area
Date Identified: 1960
Type Site: Hulse Site, Limestone County, Alabama
Point Validity:
Valid type
Cambron is a distinguished avocational archaeologist that did extensive work in Alabama and the Tennessee River valley. Hulse is a renowned avocational archaeologist who did extensive work in Alabama. This point was named in a personally published book. This point has been referred to in numerous professional publications and is considered a valid type.
Cambron is a distinguished avocational archaeologist that did extensive work in Alabama and the Tennessee River valley. Hulse is a renowned avocational archaeologist who did extensive work in Alabama. This point was named in a personally published book. This point has been referred to in numerous professional publications and is considered a valid type.
Big Slough Stemmed
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large expanding stemmed point with an elliptical cross section, but may have a median ridge on one or both sides. The blade may range from excurvate (newer examples) to outward recurvate and asymmetrical (re-worked examples). The shoulders range from straight to barbed, but may have a slight upward angle on re-worked points. The stem is expanding with a convex base giving the stem a bulbous appearance. The base may have basal grinding or thinning. This point generally has a random flaking pattern, but may also have a collateral flaking on points, faces, with a median ridge.
Size Measurements:
Length - 49 to 85 mm (62 mm average), Stem Length - 14 to 17 mm (15 mm average), Blade Width - 29 to 42 mm (29 mm average), Stem Width -20 to 28 mm (25 mm average), Thickness - 7 to 9 mm
Length - 49 to 85 mm (62 mm average), Stem Length - 14 to 17 mm (15 mm average), Blade Width - 29 to 42 mm (29 mm average), Stem Width -20 to 28 mm (25 mm average), Thickness - 7 to 9 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
This point is often confused with the Boggy Branch I and the Boggy Branch II points which have a more bulbous base in the Gulf region, and the Ferry point in the Ohio River Valley.
This point is often confused with the Boggy Branch I and the Boggy Branch II points which have a more bulbous base in the Gulf region, and the Ferry point in the Ohio River Valley.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
These points are primarily found in the Northern Mississippi, Northern Alabama, Northwestern Georgia, and into Tennessee and Kentucky (Tennessee River Valley). They may be found with less frequency in the Ohio River Valley and into the mid Mississippi River Valley.
These points are primarily found in the Northern Mississippi, Northern Alabama, Northwestern Georgia, and into Tennessee and Kentucky (Tennessee River Valley). They may be found with less frequency in the Ohio River Valley and into the mid Mississippi River Valley.
Age / Periods:
Date: 7,000 - 4,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
Culture:
Date: 7,000 - 4,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Boggy Branch Type I, Boggy Branch Type II, Big Creek, Beacon Island, Elk River, Ferry
Boggy Branch Type I, Boggy Branch Type II, Big Creek, Beacon Island, Elk River, Ferry
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
