Point's with "flat" bases, You know the ones that look snapped but not missing?

[JoshinMO]

Some points look like the bottom broke off but there are still notches,stems or bases to haft. Here are a few I have found.

The one below may be an actual variant. From the top of my head the book i seen this in has a title that goes something like stoneage spears and arrowpoints of the midcontinental and eastern united states. Think the arthur is noel d. justice, think that's it but on the etley part there is what is described as a snapped base variant etley. This is an etley and not a woodland point like dickson imo.

If The first picture is a bit hard to makeout what's going on with the point here is another shot of it.

[JoshinMO]

Think I have another one.

Whether these were truly made like this and not damaged it seems like a neat design or option that might not be easy creating. Especially curious what some of you knappers think of it.

Thinking it over i realize how it could be done if one intended to. Just flaking in the opposite way. Like not knapping toward the face of point but the actual edge or like knapping the inside of it, see?

[sailorjoe]

Hi Josh. There are many point types that were purposefully made with what appears to be "unfinished" bases. My last thread that I posted gave one example of a type that had an "unfinished" base. And there are others. In fact, I am now sitting looking at 2 points, both of the same type, that have "unfinished" bases. The 2nd point that you show is to me an example of a point that was not broken and exists as it is but because so many point types have bases that are finely worked then sometimes we come to expect that to occur on all point types. That is not the situation at all.

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Josh, I think the second point has cortex on the base.

[JoshinMO]

If You get a chance do share.

In a projectile or gig type weapon it might strengthen the hafting to not crush on impact and keep the point tight.

[JoshinMO]

Hey Josh, I think the second point has cortex on the base.

It might, not sure. Here are a couple more pics of it.

[Andy W.]

I have heard they started doing that in the middle archaic because they were busy with other things. ie creating bannerstones axes and emerging out of the hunter gatherer lifestyle.

[SDhunter]

I always just figured they were broken, but guess there could have been reasons not to finish them.