Halifax Side-Notched Point

  • Summary Description
    • Slender blade with restricted base, narrow side-notches.
  • Form
    • Blade is usually long and narrow. Blades are slightly convex except for the resharpened points where they are either straight or concave.
    • Size: Length = 29 mm - 56 mm (average 44mm), Width = 17 m - 25 mm (average 20 mm).
  • Distribution
    • Mainly, north and east of the lower Roanoke River in North Carolina.
    • Relatively common in eastern Virginia and North Carolina.
  • Age
    • ca 3500 BCE
  • Material
    • Major: Vein quartz
    • Minor: Argillite or quartzite
  • Technique of Manufacture
    • Blade is pressure flaked and worked as a thick blade from a core or thick spalls from quartz or quartzite boulders.



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