Badin Crude Triangular Point

• Summary Description
  • Large, crude, triangular point
• Form
  • Blade is triangular generally with straight, but occasionally rounded sides.
  • Base is usually concave and thinned, occasionally straight.
  • Size: Length = 40 mm - 80 mm (average 55mm), Width = 25 mm - 40 mm (average 35mm).
• Distribution
  • North Carolina Piedmont
• Age
  • 1000-400 BCE
• Material
  • Major: Porphyritic rhyolite and andesite
• Technique of Manufacture
  • Produced by direct percussion without retouching or secondary chipping.
  • Flake scars are large, broad and shallow.