Lost Lake

Name: James Cambron named the Lost Lake point for examples from the Lost Lake area of Limestone County, Alabama.

Age: Lost Lake points were recovered from the Stanfield-Worley site Zone A with Kirk Corner Notched points and are believed to have an Early Archaic association, ranging in age from 9,250 to 9,000 years BP.

Description: The Lost Lake is a medium to large sized knife form measuring 1.5 to 4.5 inches in length. Rejuvenation in the form of left-side beveling gives the blade a rhomboid cross-section. Corner notches are deep and narrow causing the barb to frequently extend to the basal edge. The basal edge is flat to incurvate and is smoothed. The distinctive beveled edge, long barbs and smoothed basal edge distinguish the Lost Lake from the temporally similar Kirk Corner Notch.

Distribution: Lost Lake point distribution is primarily along Georgia’s fall line, but can be found sparsely scattered both north and south of that general area.