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I found these two dudes (and a cool clear quartz crystal) at one of my sites here in central NC and I'm scratching my head over them.

The quartz point only seems to be worked on the stem and one side and I don't see a clear break. The bifurcated point is dull too, so I figured it was blunted.

Thoughts?

I found this today at one of my sites in central NC. It definitely seems to have a bit of an auricular base, and there's a break on the other "ear", though I could provide more pics. It's 45 mm long, 30 mm wide, and 7 mm thick so it falls square into the average measurements. No sign of a flute either, so I don't think Clovis or something related.

Maybe? Or is it just a broken preform?

Mid NC. I took all my best points and arranged them chronologically.

Hopefully everything is in the right place! The top right one I typed as a Kirk Stemmed, though the opinion is split on that or Savannah River.

As for the side-notched pieces, the most recent NC literature I read has them placed at mid-archaic, so in between the transition period from Guilford to Savannah River.

I'm happy with how it turned out, I hope you all are too!

Point in the next photo + the rest of the haul today.

I had one of my best days in a *very* long time today. We're in a bit of a drought here in the NC piedmont, so more of the shoreline was exposed today.

For reference, the point in the photo is I *think* a Lecroy, early archaic, 8500-9500 years old.

Here's my best guesses for the rest of the points: Late archaic stemmed point, maybe Thelma? (3000-3500 years old), Guilford stemmed (5000-6000 years old), a broken biface made out of an absolutely wild looking rhyolite, Kirk corner-notched (10,000ish years old), lecroy (a bit younger than the Kirk corner-notched), and I think a broken savannah river.

Lancaster County. As a rookie, assuming that’s what I’ve got here. I must have walked past this piece 20 times over the last 5 months, as there certainly hasn’t been enough rain to expose it. Perfectly camouflaged (color matched dirt, under a grass/weed sprout), but I think I am keying in to seeing ‘worked’ material.

Another thing I’ve been questioning. Places I hunt are extremely Quartz dominated, so I’m always concerned I key in on quartz and will miss other materials. I didn’t, in this case at least. I would like to know what type of stone this is. I’ve found 3 of this type of stone at this site in addition to a few quartz.