Flint Creek

The Flint Creek point was named by Cameron (1958) for examples found on Flint Creek in Morgan County, Alabama.

The Flint Creek point is a medium to large stemmed point. The cross-section is by convex. Shoulders are usually inversely tapered but maybe tapered or, occasionally, horizontal. The blade is convex and is usually finely serrated; the distal and is acute. This stem, usually formed by corner removal, is expanded. The side edges of the stem are usually convex; rarely straight. This stem base edge is usually convex but may, on rare examples, be straight. It may be thinned or unfinished with cortex still in evidence. Several examples were lightly ground on the basal edge.

The thick blade is shaped by broad random flaking. Deep, narrow, and often long flakes were removed from the blade edges to shape the finish on the blade and to form the fine, regular serrations. These flakes were removed alternately from opposite faces, making the serration projections sharp.

The area of distribution is not clearly known. They occur in northern Alabama, northeastern Mississippi, and southern Tennessee but may also be expected to extend into peripheral areas.

They are Late Archaic to Early Woodland points made in the period between 1000 to 200 BC.

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