CAST #A-3

HARDIN BARBED POINTS
CALHOUN CO., ILLINOIS

8,000-9,500 YEARS AGO
PRIVATE COLLECTION

Cast of Hardin Barbed point from Calhoun Co., Illinois.
CAST #A-3
HARDIN BARBED POINT
CALHOUN CO., ILLINOIS

8,000-9,500 YEARS AGO
PRIVATE COLLECTION

   This Hardin Barbed point is an excellent example for the type. It was found many years ago in Calhoun County, Illinois where examples were first studied and named by Edward G. Scully. This example was actually found on the Snyder's farm where the Hopewell culture Snyders point type site is located.
   This Hardin Barbed point is very well made by skillfully done pressure flaking. It also has a distinctive "eared" base.
   This point was made from a dark gray chert that may be either Cobdin or Dongola cherts from southern Illinois. This Hardin Barbed point measures 3 11/16 inches long.

  
Hardin Barbed points were named by Edward G. Scully for examples found in Calhoun County, Illinois. The majority of these points are vary well made with skillfully done pressure flaking. They are generally triangular in outline with convex sides. Several different varieties of Hardin Barbed points are known but they have yet to be named. Some even have long narrow channel flakes removed from the base similar to some Dalton points. Others have "Eared" bases, expanding to almost straight bases or concave or convex bases. Most Hardin Barbed points were probably hafted onto short handles made of wood or bone and used as knives. They were sharpened by beveling the cutting edges.
   Hardin Barbed points are believed to be an eastern relative of Scottsbluff points from the Cody Complex in the western United States. Hardin Barbed points are found in the eastern U.S. from Missouri to Ohio & from Wisconsin to Arkansas. They date to the Early Archaic period sometime between 8,000 and 9,500 years ago.

A small Hardin Barbed point with heavy basal thinning. Hardin Barbed point with long narrow basal thinning flake.
HARDIN BARBED POINTS
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

   Two examples from the Missouri--Illinois area. Both have heavily thinned bases. One has a concave base and the other a convex base.

References:

Justice, Noel D., "Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points", pp 51-53.
Perino, Gregory, "Selected Preforms, Points and Knives of the North American Indians Vol. 1", pp170-171.

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