Outline is Representative of Size and Shape: 
Name Details:
Identified By: Edward C. Mahon in Cambron and Hulse, 1964
Named For: Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama (Brosemer Site)
Date Identified: 1964
Type Site: Madison County, Alabama
Identified By: Edward C. Mahon in Cambron and Hulse, 1964
Named For: Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama (Brosemer Site)
Date Identified: 1964
Type Site: Madison County, Alabama
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.
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.
Redstone Fluted
Cluster: Clovis Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large triangular point with a flattened cross section The blade may vary from straight to slightly excurvate. The base is concave. This point may have a single or multiple flutes on each face. Basal and lateral grinding is present on most points extending the bottom 1/3 of the point. This point commonly has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 67 to 117 mm (89 mm average), Blade Width - 37 mm average, Thickness - 7 mm average, Basal Concavity - 9 mm average, Flute - 26 to 70 mm
Total Length - 67 to 117 mm (89 mm average), Blade Width - 37 mm average, Thickness - 7 mm average, Basal Concavity - 9 mm average, Flute - 26 to 70 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
This point is similar to the Beaver Lake point except it is shorter and broader with more pronounced ears. The relationship of this point is unclear. Some believer that this is the point between the earlier Clovis point and the later Dalton point. Others believe that this evolved from the Simpson point and into the Beaver Lake point. Still other believe that this evolved from the Cumberland point and into the Beaver Lake point.
This point is similar to the Beaver Lake point except it is shorter and broader with more pronounced ears. The relationship of this point is unclear. Some believer that this is the point between the earlier Clovis point and the later Dalton point. Others believe that this evolved from the Simpson point and into the Beaver Lake point. Still other believe that this evolved from the Cumberland point and into the Beaver Lake point.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Tennessee River valley and into the Ohio River valley and mid Mississippi River valley. May be found into the Red River Valley of Oklahoma and Texas and into the Piedmont and coastal regions of the Carolina's. Rarely these points have been found into southern Georgia and northern Florida.
This point is primarily found in the Tennessee River valley and into the Ohio River valley and mid Mississippi River valley. May be found into the Red River Valley of Oklahoma and Texas and into the Piedmont and coastal regions of the Carolina's. Rarely these points have been found into southern Georgia and northern Florida.
Age / Periods:
Date: 13,000 - 11,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Paleo
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene
Culture:
Date: 13,000 - 11,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Paleo
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Agate Basin, Angostura, Alder, Barber, Bat Cave, Belen, Black Rock, Barnes, Beaver Lake, Browns Valley, Conerly, Copena Articulated, Crowfield, Cumberland, Dalton, Golondrina, Fayette, Folsom, Fredrick, Lovell, Midland, Northumberland, Red Stone, Simpson, Suwannee, Union, Wheeler
Agate Basin, Angostura, Alder, Barber, Bat Cave, Belen, Black Rock, Barnes, Beaver Lake, Browns Valley, Conerly, Copena Articulated, Crowfield, Cumberland, Dalton, Golondrina, Fayette, Folsom, Fredrick, Lovell, Midland, Northumberland, Red Stone, Simpson, Suwannee, Union, Wheeler
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Clovis, Clovis Hazel, Clovis St. Louis, Clovis St. Louis, Clovis Tulare Lake, Clovis Un-fluted, Debert, Holcombe
Clovis, Clovis Hazel, Clovis St. Louis, Clovis St. Louis, Clovis Tulare Lake, Clovis Un-fluted, Debert, Holcombe
