Hardaway Blade

• Summary Description
  • Broad, thin blade with a concave, thinned base
• Form
  • Base is broad and thin with rounded sides. Rarely pentagonal with greatest width above base. Dull or rounded points.
  • Base was thinned and usually concave
  • Size: Length = 50 mm - 80 mm (average 70mm), Width = 23 mm - 50 mm (average 40mm).
• Distribution
  • North Carolina
• Age
  • 12,000 – 10,000 BCE
• Material
  • Major: Rhyolite and andesite
  • Minor: Argillite and “Carolina” slate
• Technique of Manufacture
  • Broad shallow flakes extending to center of blade
  • Produced by direct percussion with little retouching