North Carolina Projectile Point Types

This page contains high-resolution color images of North Carolina projectile point types illustrated in Time, Typology, and Point Traditions in North Carolina Archaeology by I. Randolph Daniel Jr. (University of Alabama Press, 2021). The book may be purchased from the University of Alabama Press (linked above) or Amazon.

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Figure 4.2. Hardaway Blades: Hardaway site (a-d) (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.3. Clovis points: (a) NC 244, Harnett County (North Carolina Office of State Archaeology Research Center), (b) NC 209, Richmond County (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), (c) NC 142, Cherokee County (Rankin Museum), (d) NC 66 Richmond County (Rankin Museum), (e) NC 235, Harnett County (North Carolina Office of State Archaeology Research Center), (f) NC 239, Harnett County (North Carolina Office of State Archaeology Research Center)

Figure 4.4. Clovis points (continued): (a) NC 66, Richmond County (Rankin Museum), (b) NC 208, Rowan County (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), (c) NC 206, Hardaway site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), (d) NC 222, Harnett County (North Carolina Office of State Archaeology Research Center)

Figure 4.5. Clovis points (continued): (a) NC 186, Durham County (Phelps Archaeology Laboratories, East Carolina University), (b) NC 35, Granville County (Rankin Museum)

Figure 4.6. Clovis points (continued): (a) NC 204, Cabarrus County (Rankin Museum), (b) NC 187, Randolph County (Phelps Archaeology Laboratories, East Carolina University)

Figure 4.7. Redstone points: (a) NC 34, Granville County (Rankin Museum), (b) NC 301, Johnston County (Mark Pace, private collection), (c) NC 123, Randolph County (Warner Williams, private collection), (d) NC 119, Randolph County (Warner Williams, private collection)

Figure 4.8. Redstone points (continued): (a) NC 139, Granville County (Rankin Museum), (b) NC 36, Wake County (Rankin Museum), (c) NC 303, Martin County (Phelps Archaeology Laboratories, East Carolina University)

Figure 4.9. Cumberland points: (a) NC 191, Guilford County (Warner Williams, private collection), (b) NC 264, Hoke County (Fort Bragg Cultural Resources Program)

Figure 4.10. Hardaway-Dalton points: (a–f) Hardaway site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.11. Hardaway-Dalton points: (a–d) Hardaway site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.12. Hardaway-Dalton points: (a, c–f) Hardaway site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), (b) Haw River site (Archaeology Laboratory Wake Forest University)

Figure 4.13. Hardaway Side-Notched points: (a–g) Hardaway site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.14. Other Side-Notched points: (a, b) Small Dalton, Hardaway site, (c, d) Taylor Side-Notched Points, Hardaway site, (e, f) Rowan Points, Hardaway site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.15. Palmer Corner-Notched points: (a) Squires Ridge site (Phelps Archaeology Laboratories, East Carolina University), (b–f) Hardaway site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), (g–i) Haw Rive site (Archaeology Laboratory Wake Forest University)

Figure 4.16. Kirk Corner-Notched points: (a–f) Haw River site (Archaeology Laboratory Wake Forest University)

Figure 4.17. Kirk Corner-Notched points: (a–f) Hardaway site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.18. Southern Hardin points: (a, b) Johnston County (Jim Wilson, private collection), (c) Chatham County (Jimmy Boswell, private collection), (d) Wake County (Jimmy Boswell, private collection). (Photos courtesy of Joe Wilkinson)

Figure 4.19. Bifurcate points: (a) St. Albans Side-Notched, Hardaway site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), (b, c, f) St. Albans Side-Notched, Haw River site (Archaeology Laboratory Wake Forest University), (d) St. Albans Side-Notched (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), (e) St. Albans, Barber Creek site (Phelps Archaeology Laboratories, East Carolina University), (g, h) LeCroy Bifurcated Stemmed, Haw River site (Archaeology Laboratory Wake Forest University), (i) LeCroy Bifurcated Stemmed points (Raven Rock State Park), (j, k) Kanawha Stemmed, Hardaway site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.20. Kirk Stemmed points: (a, d) Hardaway site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), (b, c) Haw River site (Archaeology Laboratory Wake Forest University)

Figure 4.21. Kirk Stemmed points: (a, b) Haw River site (Archaeology Laboratory Wake Forest University), (c, d) Hardaway site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.22. Stanly Stemmed points: (a) Doerschuk site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), (b) Hardaway site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), (c, d) Haw River site (Archaeology Laboratory Wake Forest University), (e, f) Hardaway site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) (Courtesy of I. Randolph Daniel Jr)

Figure 4.23. Morrow Mountain Stemmed points: (a) Doerschuk site Hardaway site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), (b) Lowder’s Ferry site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), (c–e) Hardaway site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), (f–h) Haw River site (Archaeology Laboratory Wake Forest University), (i) Squires Ridge site (Phelps Archaeology Laboratories, East Carolina University)

Figure 4.24. Guilford Lanceolate I points: (a, c, d) Lowder’s Ferry site, (b) Garden Creek Mound No. 2 (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.25. Guilford Lanceolate II points: (a, b, d) Lowder’s Ferry site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), (c) Garden Creek Mound No. 2 (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), (e) Squires Ridge site (Phelps Archaeology Laboratories, East Carolina University)

Figure 4.26. Halifax Side-Notched points: (a–d) Gaston site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.27. Large Savannah River Stemmed points: (a) Garden Creek Mound No. 2, (b) Warren Wilson site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.28. Large Savannah River Stemmed points (continued): (a) Hardaway site;,(b) Doerschuk site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.29. Large Savannah River Stemmed points (continued): (a) Doerschuk site, (b, c) Lowder’s Ferry site. (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.30. Large Savannah River Stemmed points (continued): (a, c) Doerschuk site, (b) Lowder’s Ferry site. (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.31. Small Savannah River Stemmed points: (a–c) Doerschuk site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.32. Small Stemmed points: (a-d) Otarre Stemmed points, Warren Wilson site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.33. Small Stemmed points: Otarre Stemmed points, (a–d) Warren Wilson site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.34. Small Stemmed points: (a–c) Swannanoa Stemmed, Warren Wilson site, (d) Swannanoa Stemmed, Garden Creek Mound No. 2; (e) Plott Short Stemmed, Warren Wilson site; (f, h) Pigeon Side-Notched, Garden Creek Mound No. 2; (g) Pigeon Side-Notched, Warren Wilson site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.35. Small Stemmed points: (a–c) Thelma Stemmed, Thelma site, (d, e) Gypsy/Thelma Stemmed, Doerschuk site, (f–h) Randolph Stemmed, Doerschuk site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.36. Mack point: Lowder’s Ferry (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.37. Mack point: North Carolina Coastal Plain (Phelps Archaeology Laboratories, East Carolina University)

Figure 4.38. Mack point: Currituck County (Sammy Evans, private collection)

Figure 4.39. Large Triangular points: (a, b) Yadkin Triangular, Doerschuk site, (c) Eared Yadkin, Doerschuk site, (d–f) Roanoke Triangular, Gaston site (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.40. Large and Small Triangular points: (a) Garden Creek Triangular (Warren Wilson site), (b, c) Connestee Triangular, (Garden Creek Mound No. 2), (d, f) Caraway Triangular (Doerschuk site), (e, g) Caraway Triangular (Town Creek site), (h) Pisgah Triangular (Warren Wilson site), (i) Haywood Triangular (Garden Creek Mound No. 2) (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Figure 4.41. Small Triangular points: (a) South Appalachian Pentagonal (Garden Creek Mound No. 2), (b) Pee Dee Triangular (Doerschuk site), (c, d) Pee Dee Triangular (Town Creek site), (e, f) Pee Dee Pentagonal (Town Creek site), (g) Pee Dee Pentagonal (Town Creek Mound), (h–j) Clarksville Small Triangular (Gaston site) (Artifacts from North Carolina Archaeological Collection, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)