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The full distribution is unknown, but found primarily in the Rocky Mountain River valley on the Piedmont, South Carolina to Virginia.
"ROCKY RIVER (Basal Notch) – was named by archaeologists Rodney Peck & Floyd Painter for examples recovered from the Baucom-Hardaway site (31ST4) on the west bank of the Yadkin River near the town of Badin in Stanly County, North Carolina. The site was discovered and reported by amateur Heath W. Baucom in 1979. They are medium to large sized (3” to 5”) basal notched knives and projectiles. Distribution is unknown but most have been recovered along Rocky River, in the Piedmont from South Carolina to Virginia and they were in use during the Late Paleo period. Rocky River examples with shortened or missing barbs are routinely lumped in with earlier occurring Kirk Corner Notched points. References: Peck, Rodney M. & Floyd Painter 1984, The Baucom Hardaway Site 1979-1982: A stratified Deposit in Union County, North Carolina. Piedmont Archaeological Society of North and South Carolina. Peck, Rodney M. 1982, Indian Projectile Point Types from Virginia and the Carolinas. Self-published, Rodney Peck, 4222 Winter Jasmine Place, Kannapolis, NC 28081."
Peck is an avocational archaeologist who has served as president for the Piedmont Archaeological Society of North and South Carolina. He has written many books regarding the archaeology of the Piedmont. Painter is a respected archaeologist who spent decades documenting Paleo to post-contact cultures in Virginia Region. This type was named in a professional publication and has no professional references. This point is considered a provisional type.
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