Stanfield

Name:The Stanfield point was named for the Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter in Colbert County, Alabama.[1]

 Age: Examples were recovered from levels 1 and 5 from the Stanfield-Worley site that produced a radiocarbon date of 8920 and 9640 radiocarbon years BP. Stanfield points are generally considered to date around 10,000 BP.

 Description: The Stanfield point is a large to medium sized point measuring 2.5 to 5 inches in length. The sides are straight. The blade is formed with collateral flaking that forms a median ridge one to two thirds of the length of the blade from the acute distal end. The basal edge is flat and thinned for halfting. John Powell reported that in Georgia’s Coastal Plain both the lateral sides and the basal edge are typically smoothed.

 Distribution: Only four examples were identified in a recent survey. All were from areas that had produced multiple Paleoindian points in Dooley, Burke, and Dougherty counties. The primary area of distribution is along Georgia’s fall line.