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NAME: James Roshto named the Bascom blade for the Bascom site in southern Georgia. Blades with rounded basal edges were referred to as Rocker Base blades Ripley Bullen identified these blades as Morrow Mountain related.
Age: All of the names listed above are given for the same large unfinished blade form that dates to the Late Archaic period between 4100 and 3900 BP.
Description: The Rocker Blade is large, often measuring in excess of 4 invches. Flaking is shallow with little or no pressure flaking along blade edges. The basal edges are rounded. These seem to be preforms for such large Late Archaic points as the Savannah River, Pickwick and/or Ledbetter points.
Distribution: These blades are widely distributed across Georgia. Most are made of coastal plains chert with only a few quartz examples like the one from Richmond County. Savannah River and Pickwick points share this same distribution pattern.
