Savannah River Stemmed Point

  • Summary description
    • Large, heavy, triangular with a broad stem
  • Form
    • Blade is large, broad, and triangular in shape with rounded edges. Relatively thin.
    • Base is usually concave but occasionally straight
    • Stem sides are straight and square. Some large blades had a short triangular stem.
    • Size: Length = 70 mm - 170 mm (average 100mm), Width = 35 mm - 70 mm (average 50 mm).
  • Distribution
    • East of the Appalachians from New Jersey to northern Florida
  • Age
    • 3000 - 1000 BCE
  • Material
    • Doerschuk site: porphyritic rhyolite or andesite
    • Gaston site: quartzite
  • Technique of Manufacture
    • Produced by percussion flaking with minimal pressure flaking and retouching to smooth out irregularities

Small Savannah River Stemmed Point

  • Summary description
    • A small to medium sized broad triangular blade with a rectangular stem and a straight or excurvate base.
  • Form
    • Blade is triangular generally with excurvate edges.
    • Base is straight or excurvate.
    • Stem sides are straight or slightly contracting.
    • Shoulders slope toward base and are well defined.
    • Size: Length = 43 mm - 57 mm (average 51mm), Width = 22 mm - 34 mm (average 29 mm), Thickness = 8 mm - 11 mm (average 9 mm).
  • Distribution
    • This broad blade tradition extends from Florida to the middle Atlantic states east of the Appalachians
  • Age
    • 2,000 – 1,000 BCE
  • Material
    • Major: Rhyolite and andesite
    • Minor: Quartzite
  • Technique of Manufacture
    • Almost entirely by percussion although some specimens showed minor reworking by pressure flaking.



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