Typology assistance requested

[1320]

My brother and I found these three pieces yesterday in a rock shelter. This was our first dig in it and it's located a couple hundred yards from the shelter where we've found several archaic pieces. Nothing screams archaic about these three pieces but admittingly, we both are new at this and we've struggled to pin point the ID using the widely used typology websites.

The long blade is nearly 4.5 inches and extremely thin.

The point on the left in the second photo has a small break in it but in trying to visualize how the point would look without the break, it seems as if it would still have had a rounded off tip. At first glance it looked like a hafted scraper but after a little cleaning it's obvious that it's not. The bases of the two points seem exceptionally large given the overall dimensions. The bases are also very thin compared to the thickness above the base.

The shelter is located in Central Kentucky.

 

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[jeff a]

the two points are intrusive mound points, was the blade found close to them

 

[1320]

the two points are intrusive mound points, was the blade found close to them

Yes Jeff, within 3 feet of each other, the blade was two inches deeper though. Intrusive mound=Jack's Reef? Is there a relation between the points and the blade? That's what I find puzzling.....thanks Jeff.

 

[jeff a]

yes they are jacks reef points ,if the blade is thin it probably is too, nice finds

 

[Felinepeachy]

That blade is the bomb!!!

 

[1320]

The blade is thin!

 

[joshuaream]

They do look like Jacks Reef, but being from a shelter in Kentucky, I don't know that I'd call them Intrusive Mound culture... Yes, Jacks Reef points were found in a couple of intrusive mound sites in Ohio but the point type seems to have a much broader range than the group that actually buried their dead in older Hopewell mounds.

Post Hopewell pre Mississippian is a good range for them I guess.