Tallahassee

Name: Ripley Bullen named the Tallahassee point for Tallahassee, Florida.

Age: Bullen initially believed the Tallahassee point to be Early Archaic, dating it at about 9,000 BP. Subsequent discoveries at the Carmouche site in Muscogee County and at the Manderville site and at the Swift Creek site (Le148) in Tallahassee, Florida indicate that the type dates from the late Early Woodland to Middle Woodland periods between 2500 and 2000 BP.

Description: The Tallahassee is a medium to large point measuring between 1.75 to 3.25 inches (45 to 82mm) in length. The blade is triangular with serrated edges and an acute distal end. Serrations appear to be a series of small notches with flat tips rather than a method of rejuvenation. The blade is normally thin and lenticular in cross-section. The basal corners are usually pointed with an incurvate basal edge. The thin blade and lack of basal smoothing distinguishes the Tallahassee from the very similar Chattahoochee Dalton point.

Distribution: The primary range of distribution for Tallahassee points runs from central Georgia to the southwestern end of the Fall Line.