MEASUREMENTS: Eleven cotypes from sites in Madison and Limestone counties, Alabama, provided the following measurements and traits: length—maximum, 51 mm.; minimum, 28 mm.; average, 40 mm.: shoulder width—maximum, 20 mm.; minimum, 13 mm.; average, 15 mm.: stem width—maximum, 15 mm.; minimum, 9 mm.; average, 11 mm.: stem length—maximum, 14 mm.; minimum, 7 mm.; average, 11 mm.: thickness—maximum, 8 mm.; minimum, 6 mm.; average, 7 mm.
FORM: The cross-section is usually biconvex but may be somewhat median ridged. Shoulders are narrow and tapered. Blade edges may be straight or excurvate. The distal end is acute. Nine of the eleven measured examples show impact fractures of the distal end. The stem is usually straight but may be tapered. The basal edge may be straight or excurvate and is usually unfinished, but may be thinned and is rarely ground.
FLAKING: Short, deep, random flakes were removed in shaping the faces of the blade and stem. Retouching of the edges was accomplished by removal of very short deep flakes. Local materials were used, especially Bangor nodular flint.
COMMENTS: The type was named from points from sites along Mountain Fork Creek in Madison County, Alabama, where they were first recognized. The illustrated example is from Cambron Site 103 in this area. The type appears in surface collections along with Swan Lake, Flint River Spike, and Bradley Spike points. At the Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter (DeJarnette, Kurjack and Cambron, 1962), a few examples were recovered from the upper levels of Zone A. This is an indication of late Woodland association at this site. This was a prominent type in Zones A and B (Woodland) at Flint River Mound (Webb and DeJarnette, 1948a), especially in the upper levels. A few examples were recovered from Zones C and D (Archaic) at this site. Current evidence indicates a middle to late Woodland association. Impact fractures on the distal ends of eight of the eleven measured examples indicate use of the type as arrow points. The type is similar to the stemmed variant of Lamoka, an Archaic type found in New York and dated by radiocarbon method at 3500 B. C. (Ritchie, 1961).
MUD CREEK, Hulse (Cambron and Hulse, 1960b): A-62
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: This is a medium sized, expanded stem point with excurvate blade and acuminate distal end.
MEASUREMENTS: Fourteen cotypes from Limestone County, Alabama, provided the following measurements and traits: length—maximum, 67 mm.; minimum, 46 mm.; average, 56 mm.: shoulder width—maximum, 29 mm.; minimum, 23 mm.; average, 26 mm.: stem width—maximum, 20 mm.; minimum, 14 mm.; average, 18 mm.: stem length—maximum, 17 mm.; minimum, 12 mm.; average, 14 mm.: thickness—maximum, 10 mm.; minimum, 8 mm.; average, 9 mm.
