Hardaway Side Notched

Name: Joffre Coe named the Hardaway Side-Notched point for examples from the Hardaway site in Stanly County, North Carolina. The “Nipple Point” described by John Whatley is generally classified as an Osceola Greenbriar.

Age: Hardaway points were recovered in zone D of the Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter site in Alabama where a date of 9,640 radiocarbon years was secured. This suggests a transitional Paleoindian to Dalton period context and the early stages of side-notching.

Description: The Hardaway Side-Notched is a small to medium-sized point measuring 1 to 2 inches in length. The blade is triangular with straight to slightly convex edges that meet at a broad to acute distal end. Rejuvenation may be bifacial or beveled. The hafting area is deeply side-notched and expands to squared, rounded, or pointed basal ears. The basal edge is the widest part of the point. The basal edge may be recurved and fairly shallow or deeply concave and is heavily smoothed. Basal thinning is common.

Distribution: Hardaway points are found across Georgia with the heaviest concentration along the fall line.