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Palmer Corner Notch
Palmer Corner-Notched Point
(Coe Foundation)
Summary Description
Small, corner-notched blade with a straight, ground base and pronounced serrations
Form
Blade is small and triangular with straight sides that are occasionally round or concave. Typically serrated, sometimes deeply.
Base is straight or ground with characteristic base grinding
Corner-notches are small, narrow and U-shaped. Located precisely in corner such that the bottom of notch formed projecting barbs.
Size: Length = 28 mm - 60 mm (average 35mm), Width = 15 mm - 25 mm (average 20 mm), Thickness averages 8 mm.
Distribution
Hardaway site in North Carolina
Widely in eastern US. More common than Hardaway points.
Age
10,000 – 8,000 BCE
Material
Major: Argillite, novaculite (“Carolina Slate”)
Minor: Quartz and chert
Technique of Manufacture
Pressure flaking upon a prismatic flake of proper proportions
Serration made at time point was finished
Base was ground flat
Photo by Butch Wilson
A Palmer base exhibiting basal grinding
Attached files
(Coe Foundation)
Summary Description
Small, corner-notched blade with a straight, ground base and pronounced serrations
Form
Blade is small and triangular with straight sides that are occasionally round or concave. Typically serrated, sometimes deeply.
Base is straight or ground with characteristic base grinding
Corner-notches are small, narrow and U-shaped. Located precisely in corner such that the bottom of notch formed projecting barbs.
Size: Length = 28 mm - 60 mm (average 35mm), Width = 15 mm - 25 mm (average 20 mm), Thickness averages 8 mm.
Distribution
Hardaway site in North Carolina
Widely in eastern US. More common than Hardaway points.
Age
10,000 – 8,000 BCE
Material
Major: Argillite, novaculite (“Carolina Slate”)
Minor: Quartz and chert
Technique of Manufacture
Pressure flaking upon a prismatic flake of proper proportions
Serration made at time point was finished
Base was ground flat
Photo by Butch Wilson
A Palmer base exhibiting basal grinding
Attached files
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