Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Joffre L. Coe
Named For: Guilford Focus
Date Identified: 1964
Type Site: Doerschuk and Gaston site, North Carolina
Identified By: Joffre L. Coe
Named For: Guilford Focus
Date Identified: 1964
Type Site: Doerschuk and Gaston site, North Carolina
Point Validity:
Valid type
Coe was a highly respected and pioneering anthropologist in North Carolina archaeology and a preeminent authority on eastern North American anthropology. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Coe was a highly respected and pioneering anthropologist in North Carolina archaeology and a preeminent authority on eastern North American anthropology. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Guilford Stemmed
AKA: Briar Creek (Georgia and South Carolina)Cluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick medium (1.9 to 4.75 inches) stemmed lanceolate point. The cross section may vary from round to having a median ridge. Some examples may occasionally have an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate. The shoulders are weak to absent and at an upward slope. The stem may vary from straight to contracting. The base is primarily concave, but may be straight on some examples. Basal grinding is present on this point. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Length - 45 to 120 mm (average 90 mm ), Stem Length - 8 to 15 mm, Width - 20 to 30 mm, Basal Width - Thickness - 5 to 12 mm
Length - 45 to 120 mm (average 90 mm ), Stem Length - 8 to 15 mm, Width - 20 to 30 mm, Basal Width - Thickness - 5 to 12 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Primarily quartz, Antietam - Erwin Quartzite, rhyolite occasionally chert.
Primarily quartz, Antietam - Erwin Quartzite, rhyolite occasionally chert.
Additional Comments:
The Briar Creek point was named by James L. Michie in 1968.
The first picture is classified as a Guilford Stemmed and the second picture has been classified as a Briar Creek point.
At the Doerschuk site, these points were found above Morrow Mountain points and below Halifax points (Coe, 1959).
This point may be referred to as Briar Creek which is an AKA for the Conerly point. These points have a similar distribution, characteristics, and age. They may represent the same point. John Whatley states that these two points are probably coevals.
The Briar Creek point was named by James L. Michie in 1968.
The first picture is classified as a Guilford Stemmed and the second picture has been classified as a Briar Creek point.
At the Doerschuk site, these points were found above Morrow Mountain points and below Halifax points (Coe, 1959).
This point may be referred to as Briar Creek which is an AKA for the Conerly point. These points have a similar distribution, characteristics, and age. They may represent the same point. John Whatley states that these two points are probably coevals.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
These points are primarily found on the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia and into southern Maryland to northern Georgia. This point may also be found in the Tennessee River basin.
These points are primarily found on the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia and into southern Maryland to northern Georgia. This point may also be found in the Tennessee River basin.
Age / Periods:
Date: 6,200 - 5,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Date: 6,200 - 5,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Conerly, Guilford Straight Base, Guilford Round Base, Guilford Yuma, Halifax, Savannah River
Conerly, Guilford Straight Base, Guilford Round Base, Guilford Yuma, Halifax, Savannah River
