Fig. 251.—Perforator, stemmed.
A. Stem usually tapering; shoulder more or less defined; never barbed; blade wide at the part next to the stem, tapering rapidly by concave lines to a sharp point. Probably spearpoints or large arrowheads with the blade worked to a point. The type, shown in [figure 251], is from Kanawha valley.
Fig. 252.—Perforator, stemmed, very wide shoulders.
B. Slender point; wide wings or shoulders; stem straight or nearly so; the implement having the form of a cross. Some are less than an inch long, and very delicately worked, while others reach 3 inches in length, and are thick. Some from Savannah have very broad stems. There is a good example ([figure 252]) from Ouachita county, Arkansas, and others from southwestern Arkansas; western North Carolina; and Savannah, Georgia.
Fig. 253.—Perforator, stemmed.
Fig. 254.—Perforator, stemmed.
C. Narrow and thick almost of a diamond or round section; stem expanding or straight; with slight shoulders, sometimes slightly barbed. Some of the thinner ones, probably arrows, have a lenticular section; a few are triangular in section. This form is well suited for drilling, and many of the specimens show marks of such use, especially the one illustrated ([figure 253]), the edges of which are striated almost the entire length. This is from Mason county, Kentucky; and the distribution of the type includes Kanawha valley; Scioto valley, Ohio; eastern Tennessee; northeastern Alabama; western and central North Carolina; southeastern and northeastern Arkansas; Brown county, Illinois; South Carolina; and northeastern Kentucky. Thus the type is common and its geographic range broad.