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Name: James Cambron and David Hulse name this type for examples from the Swan Lake area of Limestone County, Alabama. These points are also known as Godly points in central Texas. Swan Lake points may be related to Florida’s much larger Jackson point of the same period that were named by Ripley Bullen.
Age: John Whatley placed Swan Lake points in the Middle Woodland period with a transitional Cartersville and Swift Creek ceramic association between 1500 and 2000 BP. His conclusions were based on recoveries from sites in Cobb and Bartow counties.
Description: The Swan Lake is a small point measuring from .75 to 1.5 inches in length.The cross-section is lenticular and thick with respect to its overall size.The blade is excurvate with an acute distal end.The hafting area consists of wide, shallow side notches that extend to an expanding, flat to excurvate basal edge.
Distribution: Swan Lake points are primarily distributed throughout the extreme northwestern portion of Georgia above the Piedmont region, but can also be found in limited numbers as far south as 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
