LeCroy

Name: Madeline Kneberg named the LeCroy type for examples from the LeCroy site in Hamilton County, Tennessee.

Age: Cambron and Hulse recovered LeCroy points from the Early Archaic portions of Several Alabama sites.[1] John Whatley places the LeCroy at between 8500 and 7800 years BP.[2]

Description: The LeCroy is a small dart point ranging between 1 and 1.5 inches in length.The blade is triangular with a bifurcated base.Blade edges are deeply serrated, often producing irregular barbs. The basal portion of the point amounts to nearly one half its total length.Basal edges are straight to slightly flaring and the basal edge is deeply bifurcated.Kneberg noted the presence of basal and lateral smoothing along the hafting area.

Distribution: John Whatley indicated that their distribution in Georgia was primarily along the Piedmont areas of northeastern Georgia.

Information for this article was derived from John S.  Whatley, Early Georgia: An overview of Georgia Projectile Points and Selected Cutting Tools, The Society for Georgia Archaeology, Vol. 30, No.1 2002

[1] Cambron, James W. and David C. Hulse, Handbook of Alabama Archaeology, Alabama Archaeological Society, Huntsville, Alabama 1990, p. 77

[2] Whatley, John S., An Overview of Georgia Projectile Points And Selected Cutting Tools, Early Georgia, The Society For Georgia Archaeology, Volume 30, Number 1, April 2002. P.50