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billy:
Hey Dave,

I worked in archaeology for a little while myself.  Those Rossville points are similar to the Morrow Mountain points here in GA.  I wonder if those were used as knives, because I've never seen any Morrow Mountains with any impact fractures indicating their use as atlatl points, though they could have been used in that way.  Not really sure, you can beat yourself up trying to figure out how they were used or what role they played.   

snedeker:
Yes, the Morrow Mtn point is known from the Delmarva Peninsula too from the MIddle Archaic (4000BC). It has a little more pronounced stem. See pic


I suppose a knowledgable user could also short haft a Rossville for a knife with no trouble.   We will see in the analysis.

This part of my job is fun indeed, but these are high points between a lot of other crap, much of it not so fun.

I appreciate all your interest.  Thanks.  I will be keeping you posted.

Dave

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snedeker:
Oh, and the Rossvilles are 35-40 mm

Dave

Tom B:
Thanks for posting that

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