Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Perry Newell and Alex D. Krieger
Named For:
Date Identified: 1949
Type Site: The George C. Davis Site, Cherokee County, Texas
Identified By: Perry Newell and Alex D. Krieger
Named For:
Date Identified: 1949
Type Site: The George C. Davis Site, Cherokee County, Texas
Point Validity:
Valid type
Newell was a distinguished anthropologist who oversaw and directed excavation at many important sites. Krieger was a renowned anthropologist who spent most of his career in Texas cataloging projectile points and pottery in Texas before moving on to the University of Washington. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Newell was a distinguished anthropologist who oversaw and directed excavation at many important sites. Krieger was a renowned anthropologist who spent most of his career in Texas cataloging projectile points and pottery in Texas before moving on to the University of Washington. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Hayes Barbed
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a narrow small to medium triangular expanding stem point with a flattened cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate, but may vary to recurvate flaring out at the shoulders edge. Many examples have fine serrations along the blade. The shoulders may range from horizontal to having a downward angle, but not barbed. The stem is expanding with a base that comes to a point which gives the stem a diamond appearance. This point commonly has a high quality of workmanship and a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 30 to 50 mm, Stem Length - 6 to 10 mm (typically 1/6 to 1/4 total length), Width - 15 to 20 mm, Neck Width - 4 to 8, Stem Width - 6 to 9 mm (Suhm and Krieger, 1954)
Total Length - 30 to 50 mm, Stem Length - 6 to 10 mm (typically 1/6 to 1/4 total length), Width - 15 to 20 mm, Neck Width - 4 to 8, Stem Width - 6 to 9 mm (Suhm and Krieger, 1954)
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Newell and Krieger (1949), noted that these points are identical to those used by the Teotihuacan culture of central Mexico. The only difference is that they use obsidian where Hays points use flint.
The Hayes Var. Turner has a tip that has a sharper angle the top 1/3 of the blade.
Newell and Krieger (1949), noted that these points are identical to those used by the Teotihuacan culture of central Mexico. The only difference is that they use obsidian where Hays points use flint.
The Hayes Var. Turner has a tip that has a sharper angle the top 1/3 of the blade.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the great bend of the Red River, decreasing throughout the remaining Red River valley. This point is found into Indiana at Cahokia sites with decreased frequency. This point may have been traded up into these areas.
This point is primarily found in the great bend of the Red River, decreasing throughout the remaining Red River valley. This point is found into Indiana at Cahokia sites with decreased frequency. This point may have been traded up into these areas.
Age / Periods:
Date: 1,200 - 600 B.P.
Cultural Period: Mississippian - Late Prehistoric
Glacial Period: Vandal Minimum to Medieval Warm
Culture: Caddoan Culture
Date: 1,200 - 600 B.P.
Cultural Period: Mississippian - Late Prehistoric
Glacial Period: Vandal Minimum to Medieval Warm
Culture: Caddoan Culture
Age Details:
Krieger (1946) associated this type with the Late Gipson Aspect. Suhm et al. (1954) feel that this is the characteristic type of only the Haley Focus of the Gibson Aspect. It may occur only as a minor type or intrusion in the latter phases of the Alto, Gahagan, and Spiro foci (Moore, 2015).
Krieger (1946) associated this type with the Late Gipson Aspect. Suhm et al. (1954) feel that this is the characteristic type of only the Haley Focus of the Gibson Aspect. It may occur only as a minor type or intrusion in the latter phases of the Alto, Gahagan, and Spiro foci (Moore, 2015).
Similar Points:
Alba, Blevins, Bonham, Hayes Grande, Hervideros Stemmed, Homan, Howard, Perdiz, Sequoyah, Turner
Alba, Blevins, Bonham, Hayes Grande, Hervideros Stemmed, Homan, Howard, Perdiz, Sequoyah, Turner
