Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: David DeJannette, Edward Karjack, James Cambron
Named For: County in Alabama
Date Identified: 1962
Type Site: Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter, Colbert County, Alabama
Identified By: David DeJannette, Edward Karjack, James Cambron
Named For: County in 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.
Dalton Colbert
AKA: Dalton Square Base (Alabama)Cluster: Dalton Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large auriculate point. The cross section may range from elliptical to rhomboid. The blade is primarily straight, but may be excurvate up to the hafting area. The hafting area is rectangular and slightly concave in the blade and base with heavy grinding. The blade is most commonly serrated. The flaking pattern is random.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 30 to 54 mm (45 mm average), Width - 18 mm average, Thickness - 6 mm average
Total Length - 30 to 54 mm (45 mm average), Width - 18 mm average, Thickness - 6 mm average
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Additional Comments:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is found through out the Tennessee River Valley, lower Mississippi Valley, and into Texas.
This point is found through out the Tennessee River Valley, lower Mississippi Valley, and into Texas.
Age / Periods:
Date: 10,500 - 8,500 B.P.
Cultural Period:Transitional Paleo
Glacial Period: Early Holocene
Culture:
Date: 10,500 - 8,500 B.P.
Cultural Period:Transitional Paleo
Glacial Period: Early Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Arkabutla, Barnes, Candy Creek, Copena Articulated, Golondrina, Meserve, Midland, Nolichucky, Pelican, Plainview, San Patrice, Redstone, Santa Fe, Suwannee, Tallahassee, Wheeler Recurve
Arkabutla, Barnes, Candy Creek, Copena Articulated, Golondrina, Meserve, Midland, Nolichucky, Pelican, Plainview, San Patrice, Redstone, Santa Fe, Suwannee, Tallahassee, Wheeler Recurve
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Beaver Lake, Dalton, Dalton Colbert, Dalton Greenbrier, Dalton Hemphill, Dalton Hempstead, Dalton Nuckolls, Dalton Sloan, Hardaway Dalton, Hi-Lo, Quad
Beaver Lake, Dalton, Dalton Colbert, Dalton Greenbrier, Dalton Hemphill, Dalton Hempstead, Dalton Nuckolls, Dalton Sloan, Hardaway Dalton, Hi-Lo, Quad
