Help with ID on Georgia Point

[antmike915]

2 1/4 by 1 1/4 found by me in a field in Worth County Georgia, no idea on type, all opinions are welcome (has a tip ding and a small ding on one ear, also has a plow or some type of farming equipment mark on pic #2 a little below the tip).

 

[ToddsPoint]

To me it looks like a broken blade that's been re-based. Gary

 

[MAMucker]

Not my area/region, but just to throw my thoughts in, there is a Benton Broad Stemmed Point in your region. A couple ID features would be steep beveling on the stem and basal edges.

The patina looks uniform to me, but Gary may be right.

 

[uniface]

Nice !!!!!!!

 

[Tdog]

Not my area/region, but just to throw my thoughts in, there is a Benton Broad Stemmed Point in your region. A couple ID features would be steep beveling on the stem and basal edges.

The patina looks uniform to me, but Gary may be right.

Here's a link for the Benton Broad Stemmed but some might say yours lacks the "slightly concaved base" feature. However, I don't think that necessarily disqualifies your piece. Like yours, one example in the link has more than a slight concavity at the base IMO.

Benton Broad Stem Projectile Point

Here's another link to Benton points from Puget Sound Knappers...

http://www.pugetsoundknappers.com/interesting_stuff/Point Database/BENTONtoBERCLAIR/Benton.html

 

[antmike915]

Thanks Tdog, I noticed if this is a Benton Broad Stem I found it out of region (South Georgia), pretty cool it traveled. I have found a few Benton types in North Alabama.

 

[uniface]

IMHO your point is a widely-distributed Early Archaic type that goes by various names in different regions. I can't find the one I have in mind @ pp.n, but here are a few of its siblings:

Johnson Projectile Point

Russell Cave Projectile Point

Steubenville Projectile Point

FWIW

 

[antmike915]

I was just recently told that this could be a heavily resharpened Savanna River, which I can see it being possible. I'm good at finding points just not great at naming them.

 

[GaRebel1861]

If you get back over to Worth County look me up. I work in neighboring Lee County.

 

[antmike915]

Sounds good GaRebel

 

[Twistedsifter]

Possible Gilchrist?

 

[antmike915]

Possible Gilchrist?

That's a good though Twisted, here are 2 that I found; #1 in Lowndes County Georgia and #2 Stewart County Georgia. Got to love the mystery around some of these.

 

[uniface]

Savannah River

Stem width/shoulder width is wrong for SR.

@ant: To the extent that anyone cares, I would confidently place your last two fairly early in the Early Archaic era -- contemporary with Charleston. Long story why which few would probably care to read, but for reasons.

FWIW

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

Stem width/shoulder width is wrong for SR.

@ant: To the extent that anyone cares, I would confidently place your last two fairly early in the Early Archaic era -- contemporary with Charleston. Long story why which few would probably care to read, but for reasons.

FWIW

While these eastern artifact categorizations may not apply to my area, I pick up a little info along the way as I read these discussions.

I suppose there are a more than a few here that already have a broad knowledge, but it shouldn’t be under appreciated how long it takes the average un-schooled Joe to start seeing the unique differences in what initially appear like just different colored and shaped “arrowheads”.

 

[uniface]

I suppose there are a more than a few here that already have a broad knowledge, but it shouldn’t be under appreciated how long it takes the average un-schooled Joe to start seeing the unique differences in what initially appear like just different colored and shaped “arrowheads”.

@IMAU --

In a nutshell : "Everybody looks. What you need to do is learn to see."

Maybe after a while recognition becomes nearly automatic, like distinguishing a collie from a poiner from a dachshund. But you get to that point by noticing the characteristics of each that distinguish it from the others (A + B + C = X).

Once you shift that mental gear it's just a matter of time, exposure and productive attention.