Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Samuel O. MaGahey
Named For: County in Mississippi
Date Identified: 1981
Type Site:
Identified By: Samuel O. MaGahey
Named For: County in Mississippi
Date Identified: 1981
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Valid type
MaGahey is a professional Archaeologist who served as the Chief Archaeologist for Mississippi Department of Archives and History as well as the Editor in of Mississippi Archeology until 1982. This point was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Hinds Auriculated
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium auriculate lanceolate point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is short and broad and has an excurvate shape with the tip curving and and curving back in towards the shoulders. The shoulders are at an upward angle with an expanding stem giving the point a constricting waist appearance. The base is concave. Hafting region grinding and basal thinning is present on this point with some examples having a fluted appearance. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 45 to 72 mm (average 50 mm), Hafting Length - 15 to 25 mm, Blade Width - 23 to 40 mm (average 31 mm), Waist Width - 18 to 28 mm, Basal Width - 20 to 30 mm, Thickness - 4 - 8 mm (average 6 mm).
Total Length - 45 to 72 mm (average 50 mm), Hafting Length - 15 to 25 mm, Blade Width - 23 to 40 mm (average 31 mm), Waist Width - 18 to 28 mm, Basal Width - 20 to 30 mm, Thickness - 4 - 8 mm (average 6 mm).
Commonly Utilized Material:
Locally available raw material
Locally available raw material
Additional Comments:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in eastern Arkansas and Louisiana to western Tennessee and northern Alabama.
This point is primarily found in eastern Arkansas and Louisiana to western Tennessee and northern Alabama.
Age / Periods:
Date: 11,000 - 10,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Transitional Paleo
Glacial Period: Early Holocene
Culture:
Date: 11,000 - 10,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Transitional Paleo
Glacial Period: Early Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
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