Outline is Representative of Size and Shape: 
Name Details:
Identified By: David DeJarnette, Edward Karjack, and James Cambron
Named For: Sites location
Date Identified: 1962
Type Site: Multiple sites, Mulberry Creek, Colbert County, Alabama
Identified By: David DeJarnette, Edward Karjack, and James Cambron
Named For: Sites location
Date Identified: 1962
Type Site: Multiple sites, Mulberry Creek, Colbert County, Alabama
Point Validity:
Valid type
Dejarnette what the first anthropologist hired by the University of Alabama and was an expert on southeastern archaeology. Kurjack studied Alabama archaeology as a graduate student at the University of Alabama and went on to become an expert on Mayan anthropology. Cambron is a distinguished avocational archaeologist that did extensive work in Alabama and the Tennessee River valley. This point was named in a personally published book. This point has been referred to in numerous professional publications and is considered a valid type
Dejarnette what the first anthropologist hired by the University of Alabama and was an expert on southeastern archaeology. Kurjack studied Alabama archaeology as a graduate student at the University of Alabama and went on to become an expert on Mayan anthropology. Cambron is a distinguished avocational archaeologist that did extensive work in Alabama and the Tennessee River valley. This point was named in a personally published book. This point has been referred to in numerous professional publications and is considered a valid type
Mulberry Creek Stemmed
Cluster: Ledbetter Stemmed Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large triangular stemmed point with an elliptical cross section. The blade has an excurvate shape with the widest part of the blade being around the midpoint. The shoulders may range from horizontal to having an upward angle. The shoulders are commonly asymmetrical. The stem may range from straight to slightly contracting, but rarely is expanding, The base is slightly convex to straight and nay have some basal grinding. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 81 to 116 mm (96 mm average), Stem Length- 12 to 16 mm (15 mm average), Blade Width - 22 to 36 mm (30 mm average), Stem Width - 12 to 20 mm (17 mm average), Thickness - 9 to 12 mm
Total Length - 81 to 116 mm (96 mm average), Stem Length- 12 to 16 mm (15 mm average), Blade Width - 22 to 36 mm (30 mm average), Stem Width - 12 to 20 mm (17 mm average), Thickness - 9 to 12 mm
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in northern Alabama and into central Tennessee, northeastern Mississippi, and south-central Kentucky.
This point is primarily found in northern Alabama and into central Tennessee, northeastern Mississippi, and south-central Kentucky.
Age / Periods:
Date: 5,000 - 3,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle to Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
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Phase:
Date: 5,000 - 3,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle to Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
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Similar Points:
Appalachian, Ashtabula, Cotaco Wright, Cottonbridge, Little Bear Creek, Savannah River
Appalachian, Ashtabula, Cotaco Wright, Cottonbridge, Little Bear Creek, Savannah River
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Elora, Hale, Ledbetter, Pickwick, Thonotosassa
Elora, Hale, Ledbetter, Pickwick, Thonotosassa
