Swannanoa

Name: B.C. Keel reported this type during his research of the Appalachian Mountains, apparently naming it for the Swannanoa River Valley area.Another name associated with the stylistically similar but much older point of the same area of North Carolina is the Halifaxe point.

Age: John Whatley notes that the stylistically and temporally similar but slightly earlier Gypsy Stemmed point from the same general region may be lumped with the Swannanoa point with a temporal span between 3200 and 2200 BP.[1]

Description: The type is a small to medium point measuring between 1.25 and 2.5 inches in length with an average length of 1.5 inches.The blade is ovate to triangular with excurvate blade edges. The stem is short and straight with a flat basal edge.Most examples are made of vein quartz in Georgia’s Piedmont area where they are most numerous.

Distribution: The type is generally found north of Georgia’s Fall Line in the Piedmont region.

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.114