Early Archaic--an early phase of the Archaic culture that may be represented by notched projectile points and is considered pre-shellmound in North Alabama.
The illustrated example is the shortest of four Turkey Tail points and one similar unnotched blade 8 inches long which were recovered from a shellmound burial by Harry Smith from Cambron Site 14 in Limestone County, Alabama.
The type is associated with pre-shellmound materials in North Alabama and is considered an early Archaic type.
An Alabama pre-shellmound association is suggested, with a probable date prior to 5000 years ago.
Since most of the associations in the North Alabama--South Tennessee area are within the shellmound period, this type very likely appeared before 5000 years ago.
This evidence suggests a middle-to-late, shellmound Archaic and possibly a very early Woodland association.
The type is pre-shellmound in North Alabama and is considered an early Archaic point type.
This type appears with Wheeler Recurvate and Wheeler Triangular points on pre-shellmound sites in North Alabama.
Local examples are found near the river on pre-shellmound sites.
The appearance of the type in surface collections from pre-shellmound sites in the Wheeler Basin of the Tennessee River indicates an early Archaic association.
Examples from surface collections are usually from pre-shellmound sites in the Wheeler Basin of the Tennessee River.
This type appears with Wheeler Excurvate and Wheeler Triangular points on pre-shellmound sites in North Alabama.
This evidence indicates a shellmound Archaic association at Flint River, early Archaic at Flint Creek and early Archaic to transitional Paleo-Indian at Stanfield-Worley.
Examples from North Alabama are from pre-shellmound sites, and are usually patinated.
The illustrated example is from the type site, primarily an Archaic shellmound site, Cambron Site 12 in Limestone County, Alabama.
Examples are always found in association with uniface tools and other early point types and are not found on shellmound Archaic middens.
General Ewing was still at Trenton, and the other two were toiling along the terrible road from Shellmound to Chattanooga.
By the next morning he was ready to start, and the troops moved out for Shellmound about half past six.
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