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BEVELED FLUTED
This
broken fluted point was excavated from area B on the Cactus Hill
site. It's described in the site report as a mid-Paleoindian
projectile point that is beveled and was used as a twist drill. This
point is most interesting for the fact that it was last resharpened
by beveling the cutting edges, which is a technique not normally
attributed to this type of early period fluted point. It was
resharpened by removing flakes by pressure flaking along each edge
from one side only. Another possible explanation for the fact that
it is beveled is that it may have been altered by a later culture,
possibly during the Early Archaic period. This point measures 2 1/8
inches (5.3 cm) long and is made of chert-like highly silicified
black Rhyolite.
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