Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: James Cambron and David Hulse
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1975
Type Site: Conerly Site, Burke County, Georgia
Identified By: James Cambron and David Hulse
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1975
Type Site: Conerly Site, Burke County, Georgia
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.
Conerly Lanceolate
Aka: LivelyCluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick medium lanceolate point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate and may be slightly serrated. The shoulders are weak to absent with a contracting stem that is almost the same width as the blade. The base is concave. This point has a random flaking pattern, but may occasionally have oblique transverse flaking. There may be basal thinning.
Size Measurements:
Length - 57 to 105 mm (68 to 78 mm average), Stem Length - 11 to 20 (12 to 18 mm average), Blade Width - 21 to 34 mm (27 to 30 mm average), Stem Width - 12 to 24 mm (average 19 mm at top of stem and 16 mm at base), Thickness - 9 to 12 mm, Basal Concavity - 2 to 3 mm
Length - 57 to 105 mm (68 to 78 mm average), Stem Length - 11 to 20 (12 to 18 mm average), Blade Width - 21 to 34 mm (27 to 30 mm average), Stem Width - 12 to 24 mm (average 19 mm at top of stem and 16 mm at base), Thickness - 9 to 12 mm, Basal Concavity - 2 to 3 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
These points were originally called Lively points after Mathew Lively who first identified the points and had a collection of these points from Alabama. They were re-named Conerly points after the type site in Georgia.
This point may be referred to as Briar Creek which is an AKA for the Guilford Stemmed point. These points have a similar distribution, characteristics, and age. They may represent the same point. John Whatley (2002) states that these two points are probably coevals.
These points were originally called Lively points after Mathew Lively who first identified the points and had a collection of these points from Alabama. They were re-named Conerly points after the type site in Georgia.
This point may be referred to as Briar Creek which is an AKA for the Guilford Stemmed point. These points have a similar distribution, characteristics, and age. They may represent the same point. John Whatley (2002) states that these two points are probably coevals.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Savannah River Valley of Georgia and rarely into the other highlighted regions.
This point is primarily found in the Savannah River Valley of Georgia and rarely into the other highlighted regions.
Age / Periods:
Date: 5,500 - 4,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Date: 5,500 - 4,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
Levels at the Phinizy Swamp Site in Richmond County, Georgia was dated at 4,805 B.P. (Elliot et al.1994).
Levels at the Phinizy Swamp Site in Richmond County, Georgia was dated at 4,805 B.P. (Elliot et al.1994).
