Kirk Corner Notched

Name: Joffre L. Coe named the Kirk Corner Notched point for examples recovered from the Early Archaic levels of the Hardaway site in North Carolina.[1]

Age: Coe believed that the type evolved from the Palmer points and dated to about 8,000 years BP. Their recovery at Florida’s Page/Ladson site on the Aucilla River with other Early Archaic materials dated the type between 8,500 and 7,500 years BP.

Description: The Kirk Corner Notched is a medium-sized point measuring 1.5 to 4 inches in length. The blade is lenticular in cross-section. The blade edges may be serrated or beveled. Beveling, seen along the northern end of Georgia’s fall line, makes the type difficult to distinguish from the corner notched Bolen. Older examples have retained basal smoothing. The basal edge is concave or straight and basal corners are rounded or pointed. Barbs are angled downward at about 45 degrees, but do not extend to the basal edge like the Lost Lake. John Whatley noted that the Kirk Corner Notched point “marks the full transition” from side-notched to corner-notched technology.[2]

Distribution: The Kirk Corner Notch is widely distributed across Georgia above and below the fall line.