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Name Details:
Named By:  Joffre L. Coe
Named For:  Mountain in North Carolina near Type site
Date Identified:  1964
Type Site: Doerschuk Site, Montgomery County, North Carolina
 Morrow Mountain
Morrow Mountain Type I
Morrow Mountain Type II

Cluster: Morrow Mountain Cluster








Commonly Utilized Material:
Common local material including quartz, Antietam- Erwin Quartzite, rhyolite, chert, slate

Date:                   

Cultural Period:   
7,100 - 6,700 B.P. (Type I)
6,800 - 6,000 B.P. (Type II)
Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene

Glacial Period:
Culture:
     
      


Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Morrow Mountain
Type I




Morrow Mountain Type II
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:

Morrow Mountain Type I:  This is a medium triangular point with a contracting stem.  The cross section is elliptical.  The blade is primarily excurvate, however some examples have had straight to incurvate blade.  The blade is generally broad with the widest portion above the shoulders.  The shoulders are primarily sloping upwards, but may be horizontal or slightly sloping.  Rarely the shoulders may be slightly barbed or "hanging".  The stem is short, broad, and contracting.  The base is convex to straight.  Hafting region grinding is usually present, but light.  This point has a random flaking pattern.

Morrow Mountain Type II:  This is a medium triangular contracting stem point with an elliptical cross section.  The blade is primarily excurvate, but vary to straight.  The blade may be narrow and long.  The shoulders are primarily sloped upwards, but may vary to slightly sloping to horizontal.  The stem is elongated and contracting with a convex or pointed base.  Hafting region grinding is absent on this type.  This point has a random flaking pattern.

Size Measurements:  Total Length - 21 to 90 mm (36 to 50 mm average), Stem Length - 7 to 20 mm (11 mm average),  Blade Width - 18 to 50 mm (20 to 30 mm average),  Stem Width - 14 to 20 mm (17 mm average), Thickness - 7 to 11 mm

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

These points are found along the Atlantic Seaboard northeast into New England, west into the Tennessee River basin, and into the Gulf coast states.  This point may be found in the Ohio River valley infrequently. 

*** It has been argued that these points do not extend into Florida.  It is felt points there are a separate culture and fall under Westo type points.***

Similar Points:
Adena, Chesapeake Diamond, Cypress Creek, Dickson, Ebenezer, Gary, Marion, Piscataway, Putman, Rossville, Snook Hill, Waubesa, Westo
Related / Associated Points::
Eva Type II, Stark
Additional Comments:

Morrow Mountain points post-date Stanly and Eva points and pre-date Savannah River and Guilford point (Justice, 1987).

Morrow Mountain Type II is called Stark Stemmed in the New England region (Justice, 1987).

Farr (2006) suggest that this type does not extend into Florida, but is limited to the Tennessee River Valley and into northern Georgia.





Pictures:
Morrow Mountain Type 1


Morrow Mountain Type II
Other points in this Cluster:
Morrow Mountain Straight Base, Morrow Mountain Round Base, Stark
Point Validity:   Valid Type

Coe was a highly respected and pioneering anthropologist in North Carolina archaeology and a preeminent authority on eastern North American anthropology.  This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references.  This is considered a valid type.




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Age Details:
Radiocarbon dating at the Cactus Hill for levels contain type 1 points was dated at 6,700 +/- 130 BP and Slate Side site had dates of 6,470 +/- 90 BP.  Deposits containing type 2 points at Ice House Bottom site returned a date of 5,045 +/- 250 BP and at Russell Cave had dates of 4,030 +/- 200 BP.  This suggests that Type 1 are older than the Type 2 points.  However, Justice (1987) argues that not enough testing has been conducted to ascertain that these two types were used during two different time periods.
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):

 12, 23, 30, 37, 58, 59, 162, 167, 216, 180, W2, W10
Morrow Mountain Projectile Point, Morrow Mountain Arrowhead