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Name Details:
Named By: Joffrey L Coe
Named For: Yadkin River in North Carolina
Date Identified: 1964
Type Site: The Doerchuck site, Montgomery County, North Carolina and multiple sites
along the Yadkin River
Yadkin Eared
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
rhyolite, quartz, quartzite, silicified shale,
argillite, jasper and chert
Date:
Cultural Period:
2,300 - 1,500 B.P.
Middle to Late Woodland
Roman Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium
(1.5 to 2.5 inches) triangular side notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate. Shallow parallel notches
are low on the blade. The notches are deeply beveled. The shoulders are at an upward angle. The stem is expanding with a concave base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 35 to
64 mm (average 36 to 44 mm), Stem Length - 5 to 8 mm, Blade
/ Basal Width - 18 to 25 mm, Neck Width - 16 to 22 mm,
Basal Concavity - 1 to 3 mm, Thickness - 5 to 9 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Piedmont region from Virginia to Georgia and into the Blue Ridge regions of those states. This point may be found into the Coastal regions with decreased frequency.
Related / Associated Points:
Yadkin Additional Comments:
It has been suggested that this point followed the Yadkin point. However,
both points are commonly found in the same levels of sites from Georgia to
North Carolina. The two points probably represent two variations of the
same point (Whatley, 2002).
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Coe was a highly respected and
pioneering anthropologist in North Carolina archaeology and a preeminent authority on eastern North American anthropology. This type was named in a professional
publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 162, W11, W18
Yadkin Eared Projectile Point, Yadkin Eared Arrowhead
