Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: David C. Hulse
Named For: McIntire Ditch, north bank of the Tennessee River, Decatur, Limestone County, Alabama
Date Identified: 1969
Type Site:
Identified By: David C. Hulse
Named For: McIntire Ditch, north bank of the Tennessee River, Decatur, Limestone County, Alabama
Date Identified: 1969
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Valid type
Hulse is a renowned avocational archaeologist who did extensive work in Alabama. 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.
Hulse is a renowned avocational archaeologist who did extensive work in Alabama. 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.
McIntire Notched
AKA: MacIntire (misspelling)Cluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium (2 to 2.75 inches) triangular expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily straight. Many examples have a slightly asymmetrical blade with on edge being straighter and the other more excurvate. The shoulders may vary from having a slight upward angle to having a slight barb. On examples with asymmetrical blades, the blade that is the straights will have a shoulder that is horizontal to having a slight upward angle while the excurvate blade will have a shoulder that is horizontal t having a slight barb. The stem is expanding. The base is most commonly straight with sharp basal corners. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 50 to 68 mm (average 55 to 58 mm), Stem Length - 9 to 14 mm (average 11 to 13 mm), Blade Width - 31 to 39 mm (31 to 34 mm average), Neck Width - 17 to 22 mm (average 18 to 20 mm), Stem Width at Base - 17 to 25 mm (20 mm average), Thickness - 8 to 10 mm
Total Length - 50 to 68 mm (average 55 to 58 mm), Stem Length - 9 to 14 mm (average 11 to 13 mm), Blade Width - 31 to 39 mm (31 to 34 mm average), Neck Width - 17 to 22 mm (average 18 to 20 mm), Stem Width at Base - 17 to 25 mm (20 mm average), Thickness - 8 to 10 mm
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Additional Comments:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Tennessee River valley.
This point is primarily found in the Tennessee River valley.
Age / Periods:
Date: 5,500 - 5,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Date: 5,500 - 5,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
This point is associated with Archaic Shell Mounds in Alabama. John Whatley (2002) suggested a narrow dating of 5,500 to 5,000 Middle Archaic period.
This point is associated with Archaic Shell Mounds in Alabama. John Whatley (2002) suggested a narrow dating of 5,500 to 5,000 Middle Archaic period.
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