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 Straight Base
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick medium (1.9 to 4.75 inches) lanceolate point with a cross section that may vary from elliptical to having a median ridge. The blade is excurvate with the tip curving in and curving back in towards the base. The base is straight. Basal grinding is present on this point. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Length - 40 to 120 mm (average 65 to 95 mm ), Width -15 to 35 mm (average 25 to 30 mm), Thickness - 5 to 12 mm
Length - 40 to 120 mm (average 65 to 95 mm ), Width -15 to 35 mm (average 25 to 30 mm), 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:
This variant of the Guilford point are the most uncommon (W10).
At the Doerschuk site, these points were found above Morrow Mountain points and below Halifax points (Coe, 1959).
This variant of the Guilford point are the most uncommon (W10).
At the Doerschuk site, these points were found above Morrow Mountain points and below Halifax points (Coe, 1959).
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:
This is part of the Guilford Complex.
This is part of the Guilford Complex.
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Guilford Stemmed, Guilford Round Base, Guilford Yuma, Halifax, Savannah River
Guilford Stemmed, Guilford Round Base, Guilford Yuma, Halifax, Savannah River
