The Dalton tradition is a Late Paleo-Indian and Early Archaic projectile point tradition. These points appeared in most of southeast North America from c. 10,700 BCE to at least c. 8,400 BCE.[1]
- "They are distinctive artifacts, having concave bases with "ears" that sometimes flare outward (Fagan 2005)." These tools not only served as points but also as saws and knives. They were often changed in form and function because the hunters would sharpen the points over and over and would eventually turn them into knives then chisels or scrapers. A variant on the Dalton point is the Hardaway point of North Carolina.
See also
edit- Clovis culture – Prehistoric culture in the Americas c. 11,100–10,800 BCE
- Folsom tradition – North American Paleo-Indian archaeological culture
References
edit- Fagan, Brian. Ancient North America. Thames & Hudson Ltd: London. 2005
External links
edit- Dalton Tradition in No Carolina Archived 2007-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Site showing Dalton points
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- ^ Thulman, David K. (2019). "The age of the Dalton culture: a Bayesian analysis of the radiocarbon data" (PDF). Southeastern Archaeology. 38 (3): 171–192.