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Name Details:
Named By:  James Cambron
 Named For:  Type Site
 Date Identified:  1975
 Type Site:  Russell Cave, Jackson County Alabama
 Russell Cave
 Cluster:



Date:                   
Cultural Period:   
9,000 - 7,500 B.P.
Early Archaic
Early Holocene

Glacial Period:
Culture:
     
      


Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:

This is a medium triangular expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section.  The blade is commonly straight, but may vary from excurvate to incurvate on re-sharpened examples.  The blade is usually serrated and beveled on at least one side of each face.  The shoulders are commonly weak and at an upward slope, but may range to horizontal.  The stem may vary from expanding to straight.  Examples with weak or absent shoulders, the stem may appear to be continuous with the blade.  The stem may range from slightly expanding to straight.  The base may vary from slightly concave to concave or auriculate.  The basal edge is commonly ground and beveled or thinned.  This point has a random flaking pattern.

Size Measurements:  Total Length - 44 to 60 mm (54 mm average), Stem Length - 16 to 20 mm (17 mm average),  Blade Width - 21 to 28 mm (25 mm average),  Stem Width - 21 to 24 mm (23 mm average), Neck Width - 19 to 21 mm (20 mm average), Thickness - 7 to 9 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Tennessee River valley.
Similar Points:
Dalton Greenbrier, Hardaway, Harpeth River, Heavy Duty, Pine Tree, Searcy
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Other points in this Cluster:
Beaver Lake, Dalton Breckenridge, Dalton Colbert, Dalton Greenbrier, Dalton Hemphill, Dalton Hempstead, Dalton Nuckolls, Dalton Sloan, Hi-Lo, Quad
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:
Glenn Auther
Mike's Tennessee Arrowheads
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):

12, 23, 30, 37
Russell Cave Projectile Point, Russell Cave Arrowhead