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Stanly
Stanly points are a distinctive type best known from the Carolina Piedmont region, but morphological look alikes are found, on a rare basis, in the Northeast. A small to medium sized broad point with strong shoulders and a slightly bifurcated stem. They are assigned Early-Middle Archaic in age. In New England they are regarded as Middle Archaic in age. There is also a New England Middle Archaic style known as Neville Points, which are quite similar, early examples of Nevilles have a bifurcated stem but are usually much narrower then Stanly's.
Here is a description from a typology guide for Maryland:
Here is a classic 2 1/2" inch example made of blue felsite and found in Kent Co., Rhode Island:
Here is a description from a typology guide for Maryland:
Here is a classic 2 1/2" inch example made of blue felsite and found in Kent Co., Rhode Island: