Mac

Mac points from Houston County, Georgia

Name: We have yet to learn who named these points, but the origin of their naming comes from Union County, South Carolina where they are far more common.

Age: Fortunately, Mac points were recovered in a datable context.  The context of their recovery included Thom’s Creek pottery from the terminal Late Archaic period and date between 3260+/-70 and 3830+/-40 Radiocarbon Years Before Present (RCYBP).

Description: Mac points are a large, Late Archaic blade Measuring between 3 and 4 inches in length.  The blade edges are fairly straight and the distal end is acute.  The shoulders are broad and angular, but typically not barbed.  The stem is tapering to a notched basal edge.  The Mac point differs from the Florida Levy at the juncture of the stem and shoulders as the Mac point is angular in comparison to the Levy’s wide, sweeping curve.

Distribution: The origin of the Mac point is South Carolina where they are most common, but they have been recovered along the central Savannah River with Thom’s Creek pottery.  As the examples above demonstrate, they have also been recently recovered from Houston County, Georgia; presumably in a similar context with Stallings or Dunlap Fabric Impressed pottery.

It does look very much like a Mack.  Mack points date to about 1500 RCYBC,
and should occur with Thom’s Creek pottery or something similar. A date of
3260+/-70-3830+/-40 RCYBP was obtained in Union Co., S.C. The type is more
likely to be in S.C. or near the central Savannah River area in GA.  Where
is this one from?