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Name Details:
Named By: George S. Lewis
Named For: Type Site location
Date Identified: 1975
Type Site: A surface site on South Prong Creek, near Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
South Prong Creek
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
4,500 - 3,000 B.P.
Late Archaic
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a broad thin medium
to large ( 2.5 to 3.5 inches) triangular stemmed point with a flattened cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight or recurvate. Usually two thirds of the blade is serrated with the top third of the blade lacking any serrations. The shoulders are horizontal to having a slight upward
angle. The stem is short
and stubby and may range from straight to convex. The base commonly has light grinding and thinning on the hafting area. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 46 to 101 mm (62 to 72 mm average), Stem
Length - 8
to 14 mm (11 to 12 mm average), Blade Width - 35 to 59
mm (43 to 46 mm average), Stem Width at shoulders - 14
to 21
mm (17 to 18 mm average), Basal Width - 12 to 20 mm
(average 15 to 16 mm), Thickness - 8 to 10 mm (Whatley, 2002).
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in central to southern Georgia and into northern Florida western South Carolina and southeastern Alabama.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Lewis (1975) suggests a earlier association (Transitional Paleo to early Archaic) based on other artifacts found at the type site (surface site). These points include Dalton
Greenbrier, Big Sandy, Ecusta, Morrow Mountain, Guilford, Savannah River, Wade, Yadkin, and Madison points. The heaviest concentration of points at this site were Transitional
Paleo to Early Archaic and the Late Archaic and Woodland points were fewer in number which is how he based the age of this point. However, because these are surface finds it is
difficult to establish which of these points are truly associated with this type.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Lewis was an avocational archaeologist who studied the archaeology of the Gulf Coastal
region. He promoted the preservation of historical sites throughout Georgia and was a influential force in the Georgia Archaeological Society. This type was named in James Cambron's publication on the
typology of Alabama and has limited professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
Webb (1998) conducted radiocarbon dating on
levels containing South Prong points at the 9DW77 site in Dawson County,
Georgia providing a date range of 4,990 to 3,610 B.P.
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
12, 23, 30, 162, W18
South Prong Creek Projectile Point, South Prong Creek Arrowhead
