Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: James Cambron
Named For: Points found by Wayne Crabtree along the Harpeth River in Cheatham and Dickson Counties in Tennessee
Date Identified: 1970
Type Site:
Identified By: James Cambron
Named For: Points found by Wayne Crabtree along the Harpeth River in Cheatham and Dickson Counties in Tennessee
Date Identified: 1970
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Valid type
Cambron is a distinguished avocational archaeologist that did extensive work in Alabama and the Tennessee River valley. 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. 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.
Harpeth River Stemmed
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large (2.10 to 3.60 inches) expanding stemmed point with a flattened cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight and is commonly finely serrated. The blade is usually beveled on each blade of both faces. The tip may range from acute to acuminate. The shoulders are weak to absent and at an upward angle which leaves a broad hafting region. This point may range from a shallow wide side notch with an expanding stem. The base is primarily straight. Basal grinding on the hafting region is present on this point as well as basal thinning. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 53 to 90 mm (67 mm average), Stem Length - 11 to 25 mm (16 mm average), Blade Width - 20 to 26 mm (23 mm average), Stem Width - 20 to 28 mm (25 mm average) at base and 16 to 24 mm ( 21 mm average) at shoulders, Thickness - 8 to 10 mm
Total Length - 53 to 90 mm (67 mm average), Stem Length - 11 to 25 mm (16 mm average), Blade Width - 20 to 26 mm (23 mm average), Stem Width - 20 to 28 mm (25 mm average) at base and 16 to 24 mm ( 21 mm average) at shoulders, Thickness - 8 to 10 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
This point is not known to be fluted, however, Cambron (1967) describes one example that was fluted from a prepared fluting platform.
There is a Rockport Variation of this point. See:
Adair, L. and E. J. Sims (1970), Rockport Variety, Harpeth River Point, Tennessee Archaeologist, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp 23-29
This point is not known to be fluted, however, Cambron (1967) describes one example that was fluted from a prepared fluting platform.
There is a Rockport Variation of this point. See:
Adair, L. and E. J. Sims (1970), Rockport Variety, Harpeth River Point, Tennessee Archaeologist, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp 23-29
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Harpeth River Basin of northwestern Tennessee and into southwestern Kentucky.
This point is primarily found in the Harpeth River Basin of northwestern Tennessee and into southwestern Kentucky.
Age / Periods:
Date: 11,000 - 8,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Early Holocene
Culture:
Date: 11,000 - 8,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Early Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
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Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
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Bakers Creek, Cypress Creek, Dalton Nuckolls, Greenbrier, Mud Creek, Russell Cave, Searcy
