I found this back in 2013 and it was my first find in, well, my only find in the 2000's. I found it while walking an old farm road on a friends farm. It was in the high spot of the road in between the 2 sets of low spots of the road. I just happened to glance down and realized that what I was looking at had been worked by the color more than anything. I found the middle piece first and then poked a bit and found the other two all within a few inches. The place is a perfect spot for hunting as it's on a point in the bend of the Red River in Middle TN (northwest corner). The other side of the river is a sheer bluff. I'd love to go back, but my friends family has since sold the farm. I brushed it off and put it on my night stand and shortly after my wife framed all of my points for me and I never got around to doing any research on it.
I'm guessing it was a spear point? It's too big to be an atlatl tip, right? Perhaps a knife? It's been so long since I looked any of this up that I'm beyond rusty. Is it a Benton Broad Stem Point or am I way off? Middle Archaic?
Thanks in advance!
I'm guessing it was a spear point? It's too big to be an atlatl tip, right? Perhaps a knife? It's been so long since I looked any of this up that I'm beyond rusty. Is it a Benton Broad Stem Point or am I way off? Middle Archaic?
Thanks in advance!
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