Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
This is a Paleoindian Period Beaver Lake projectile point (approx. 10,500-9,500 B.P.) of Ft. Payne chert discovered in Perry County, Tennessee. It is associated with state site number 40PY312 and context of find is a shoreline bank on the Tennessee River near Linden, Tennessee. Site 40PY312 is also associated with hundreds of early stage reduction flakes of Ft. Payne chert. The point is important because of its Paleoindian cultural affiliation of which very little is known, and also by the fact it has been re-purposed from a projectile point to an end-scraper. The re-purposing of projectile points is a very rare occurrence in the Paleoindian Period and was more typically done during the subsequent Archaic Period.
Repository Citation
Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Beaver Lake Projectile Point" (2018). CRHR: Archaeology. 274.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/crhr/274
