Georgia quartz arrowhead. 1500 1000 bp north georgia near the north carolina line large for a pee dee but priced down because of an impact fracture to the tip. Identifying the material where the arrowhead is made from is one way on how to identify its type. Tomorrow at one of our state parks etowah indian mounds in cartersville an archaeologist is dating artificats for free.
20 years ago hunting for shells on the beach at hilton head south carolina i found a perfect quartz arrowhead. Chert was often treated with heat which made it much easier to flake and also turned its color to shades of red. This thin pentagonal point arrowhead is called a pee dee point in the south jacks reef pentagonal in the north beautiful white quartz likely dates to the late woodland to mississippian period ca.
These are all named after major rivers in the area near where they are found. Notched projectile points side corner and basal notched points. Search by shape.
The materials used in creating these arrowheads were usually found only on certain areas and used by specific tribes like the native american indians who lived during the stone age. These arrowheads in the harris collection were found during many years of surface hunting in fields of the piedmont region where indians lived hundreds and in some cases thousands of. Projectile points of georgia complete alphabetical listing includes all aka types discontinued types and false types.
Northwestern georgia has high quality chert of a gray to black color while the piedmont and blue ridge areas are rich in crystal and milky quartz. I live in atlanta. Southern georgia is rich in chert a brownish colored flint.
Stemmed projectile points. While the hard stone is a fairly challenging material for fashioning an arrowhead those that you do find are usually. Arrowheads from this period are called yadkin eared yadkin pee dee and uwharrie.
I just googled quartz arrowheadsand this post of yours from a reader in georgia came up. South georgia man has prolific arrowhead collection duration.