Kirk Serrated Point

• Summary Description
  • Long, narrow blade with deep serrations and a broad square stem
• Form
  • Blade is long, narrow and relatively thick. Sides are straight and deeply serrated.
  • Base is straight or blunt and occasionally thinned and concave.
  • Stem is broad and nearly square and about one third the width of the blade.
  • Shoulders are narrow and squared with the stem.
  • Size: Length = 40 mm - 120 mm (average 70mm), Width = 25 mm - 35 mm (average 30mm), Thickness = 8 mm - 12 mm (average 9mm).
• Distribution
  • Carolina piedmont
• Age
  • 5,000 – 6,000 BCE
• Material
  • Major: Argillite or novaculite (“Carolina Slate”)
  • Minor: Igneous rocks and never quartz
• Technique of Manufacture
  • Initially by broad shallow percussion flakes. Then edges were shaped by pressure flaking and finally the serrations were made