Fairland

Name: Charles Kelley named The Fairland from the Lehmann Rock Shelter in Texas.

 Age: Shum and Krieger suggest the age of the Fairland between 3000 and 1500 BP.

 Description: The Fairland is a small to medium-sized point measuring between 1.5 and 2 inches in length. The blade is broad and triangular with an acute distal end and straight to slightly excurvate blade edges. The shoulders are straight and short. The stem is widely expanding with a deeply incurvate basal edge. Many examples are made of heat-treated Coastal Plains chert.

 Distribution: Shum and Krieger list the Fairland as a key Central Texas type, but examples are known from Arizona and Tennessee. Many examples of the Fairland have recently been recovered along the central portion of Georgia’s Fall Line.

Information for this article was derived from James W. Cambron and David C. Hulse, Handbook of Alabama Archaeology, Alabama Archaeological Society