McIntire

Name: MacIntire points were named for examples from sites along the MacIntire ditch adjacent to the north bank of the Tennessee River in Limestone County, Alabama.

Age: Alabama examples were associated with Archaic shell mounds with a suggested age as Middle to Late Archaic. John Whatley[1] suggested Baker’s date between 5000 and 5500 BP.

Description: Examples are medium size, measuring between 2 and 2.75 inches in length.

The type is lenticular in cross-section. The blade is triangular with excurvate to straight edges. The distal end is acute. The stem is expanding with incurvate sides and a straight to incurvate basal edge.

Distribution: Known recoveries have centered along Georgia’s fault line in Taylor, Crawford, Houston, Dooly and Burke counties.

[1] Whatley, John S., An Overview of Georgia Projectile Points And Selected Cutting Tools, Early Georgia, Vol. 30, No. 1, The Society for Georgia Archaeology. April, 2002, p.86