Candy Creek

Name: TMN Lewis and Madeline Kneberg named this point for the Candy Creek site in Bradley County, Tennessee.

Age: Kneberg suggested an age between 3000 and 1500 years BP. Research by Cambron and Hulse supported these dates recovering Candy Creek points with other Woodland artifacts at the Bakers Creek site in Morgan County, Alabama, the Rock House Shelter site, and at the Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter at corresponding levels.

Description: The Candy Creek point is of medium size averaging 2 inches (50mm) in length.The blade edge is recurved and randomly flaked with an acute distal end.The auriculate basal corner points outward slightly and the concave basal edge is thinned and may appear fluted and lightly smoothed.The type is set apart by its association with Woodland period artifacts and its random flaking.

Distribution: Candy Creek points appear most often in Georgia’s Piedmont region and are frequently made of quartz.