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Name Details:
Named By: James Cambron
Named For: Mountain Fork Creek, Alabama
Date Identified: 1969
Type Site: Multiple sites along Mountain Fork Creek, Madison County, Alabama
Mountain Fork
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,000 - 2,000 B.P.
Woodland
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick small
(1.125 to 2 inches) expanding stem point. The cross section may vary from elliptical to having a median ridge. The blade is primarily
excurvate, but may range to straight. The shoulders are at an upward angle and may be weak or absent. The stem is straight to
expanding. The base may vary from straight to convex. The base is commonly unfinished and has basal thinning. Basal grinding is absent on this point. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 28 to 51 mm (40 mm average), Stem
Length - 7
to 14 mm (11 mm average), Blade Width - 13 to 20
mm (15 mm average), Stem Width - 9 to 15
mm (11 mm average), Thickness - 8 to 11 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in northern Alabama the Tennessee River Valley of northwestern Georgia and southeastern Tennessee.
Additional Comments:
Other points in this Cluster:
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.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Cody Bunn
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
12, 23
Mountain Fork Projectile Point, Mountain Fork Arrowhead
