Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Donald R. Dickson
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1968
Type Site: Calf Creek Cave, Searcy County, Arkansas
Identified By: Donald R. Dickson
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1968
Type Site: Calf Creek Cave, Searcy County, Arkansas
Point Validity:
Valid type
Dickson is a respected avocational archaeologist who excavated the Calf Creek site. This type was first described in an avocational archaeology publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Dickson is a respected avocational archaeologist who excavated the Calf Creek site. This type was first described in an avocational archaeology publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Calf Creek Basal Notch
Cluster: Thebes Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large (1.5 to 4.75 inches with 2 inches being average) triangular basal notch point with a thin flattened to elliptical cross section. Finer material tend to be thinner while poorer materials are thicker. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight. In examples that are heavily re-sharpened the blade may take on a pentagonal appearance. The blade may be serrated. Long narrow notches enter the base forming a shoulder that has long drooping barbs that most commonly extend to the base of the point. The barbs may be square or rounded. The stem may vary from straight to slightly expanding. The base range from straight to slightly convex. The base and stem are have smoothing / grinding present. This point is made using roughly formed percussion flaking and finished with fine pressure flaking often resulting in fine serrations. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 54 to 110 mm (average 55 to 60 mm), Stem Length - 10 to 20 mm, Width - 35 to 55 mm (average 45 mm), Stem Width - 20 to 30 mm.
Total Length - 54 to 110 mm (average 55 to 60 mm), Stem Length - 10 to 20 mm, Width - 35 to 55 mm (average 45 mm), Stem Width - 20 to 30 mm.
Commonly Utilized Material:
Burlington, Frisco, Florence A, and Keokuk Osagean cherts are commonly heat treated and Reeds Spring chert lacks the heat treatment
Burlington, Frisco, Florence A, and Keokuk Osagean cherts are commonly heat treated and Reeds Spring chert lacks the heat treatment
Additional Comments:
Extreme re-sharpened examples may lack the long barbs.
This point is similar to the Lost Lake point except that this point has long drooping barbs while the Lost Lake barbs end in a point (Justice, 1987).
Extreme re-sharpened examples may lack the long barbs.
This point is similar to the Lost Lake point except that this point has long drooping barbs while the Lost Lake barbs end in a point (Justice, 1987).
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
These points are most frequently found in Arkansas, eastern Oklahoma, eastern Kansas, and Missouri. This point may be found in frequently in southern Indiana and southern Illinois.
These points are most frequently found in Arkansas, eastern Oklahoma, eastern Kansas, and Missouri. This point may be found in frequently in southern Indiana and southern Illinois.
Age / Periods:
Date: 5,400 - 4,500 B.P.
Cultural Period:Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Date: 5,400 - 4,500 B.P.
Cultural Period:Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
These points were thought to represent an Early Archaic association with dates of 10,000 to 8,000 B.P. However, recent radio-carbon dates have placed these points as having an Middle Archaic association. The Kubik Site in Missouri had a date of 5,400 rcybp to 4,600 rcybp (Ray and Lopinot, 2003)
These points were thought to represent an Early Archaic association with dates of 10,000 to 8,000 B.P. However, recent radio-carbon dates have placed these points as having an Middle Archaic association. The Kubik Site in Missouri had a date of 5,400 rcybp to 4,600 rcybp (Ray and Lopinot, 2003)
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Lost Lake, St. Charles, Thebes, Thebes E Notch
Lost Lake, St. Charles, Thebes, Thebes E Notch
