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to three thin longitudinal flakes, creating a wide groove on either 

 face which extends from the base to or beyond the level of the 

 slioulder and involves from a third to a half of the total length of 

 each face. Sides of the stem have been partially smoothed by rap- 

 ping, while those of the blade have been retouched, either moderately 

 or to extremes, forming a serrated edge on either side. It is sug- 

 gested that these points be called "Huntley points." Points of this 

 type occur within the Archaic Horizon and resemble the San Patrice 

 points of Suhm and Krieger (1954) . 



A number of large triangular points, having either straight or 

 convex sides and flat or concave bases terminating in either sharp or 

 blunt points, occur within various sites in the reservoir basin. The 

 straight-sided types vary from 41 to 61 mm. in length, 22 to 25 mm. in 

 width, and from 6 to 10 mm. in maximum thiclmess. The convex 

 bluntly pointed type varies from 41 to 50 mm. in length, from 23 to 24 

 mm. m width, and from 7 to 8 mm. in maximmn thickness. Both 

 chert and rhyolite were used in the manufacture of these forms. Chip- 

 ping was mostly of the percussion type with an occasional pressure 

 retouching along the sides and edges. These straight-sided points 

 first appeared in the Archaic Horizon and carried over into Early 

 "Woodland where they eventually disappeared. 



In speaking about the convex-sided blades, Ray (1934, p. 110, pis. 

 18, 102) discusses a number of longer blades with these same charac- 

 teristics. He calls these "scooped out based knives." A particular 

 specimen 



is 4 inches long, 2% inches wide near the base, just above where the scooping 

 out of the base begins. Its thickness at the same place is m^ of an inch. . . . The 

 artifacts are all deeply patinated and the fractured surfaces are usually softened 

 by time. . . . the writer would suggest naming it the Clear Fork culture. 



Regarding the Clear Fork projectile types, Roberts (1940, p. 70, 

 figs. 7, 4, 5, 6, 7; and 8) illustrated a number of them. He stated that 

 a number of points belonging to a third series are characterized by 

 being triangular in outline with straight bases and having long slender 

 channels extending up the faces from the base, edges are carefully 

 retouched— something that does not appear in the Clear Fork types 

 1 and 2 or in type 4. He is of the opinion that "this class suggests the 

 reworked tip ends from actual Folsom points, and it is possible that 

 the type originated from such re-worked forms" (ibid., p. 74). A 

 comparable form of this type 3 Clear Fork type was recovered from 

 the surface of site 44Mc72. This specimen is of a dark-gray chert, 35 

 mm. in length, 15 mm. across the base, and 5 mm. in maxinumi thick- 

 ness; in tlic channeled area it measures 3 mm. in thickness. Wliile 

 one of the basal corners is missing, it would indicate that this speci- 

 men was much wider than the measurement given above. The edj^es 



