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Name Details:
Named By: David C. Hulse
Named For: Mud Creek, Alabama
Date Identified: 1960
Type Site: Multiple sites along Mud Creek, Limestone County, Alabama
Mud Creek
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
4,000 - 2,000 B.P.
Late Archaic to Early Woodland
Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium (1.75 to
2.68 inches) triangular
expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with a sharply acute or acuminate tip. The
shoulders are most commonly at an upward angle, but may range to horizontal. The stem is expanding. The base may vary from
straight to convex. Basal thinning is commonly seen and many points have basal grinding. The basal edge may retain the
rind from the original material. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 46 to 67 mm (56 mm average), Stem
Length -
12 to 17 mm (14 mm average), Blade Width - 23 to 29
mm (26 mm average), Stem Width - 14 to 20
mm (18 mm average), Thickness - 8 to 10 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Tennessee River Valley and into central Tennessee.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
This point is similar to the Patuxent found in the northeast.
Other points in this Cluster:
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
.
Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
12, 23, 30, 216
Mud Creek Projectile Point, Mud Creek Arrowhead
