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Post by colorshapetexture on Apr 25, 2011 14:24:36 GMT -5
No it wasen't collected in the state park. Heck those rangers at Crowders Mountain are tight. I would not even pick up a rock to look at it in that park. It was found at the Crowders Mountain golf club by a friend of mine. On the worlds toughest par 5. Click on the picture of "Youngs Revenge" for a look at the hole. www.golfholes.com/nc/crowders-mountain.htmHere it is wet and dry on both sides. This thing looks real old.... And thats all I know about it. lol Joe?     |
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Post by arappaho on Apr 25, 2011 16:17:12 GMT -5
I think the last artifact you posted pics of were from another golf course. Gaston County CC I believe. I'm going to have to play a round with this buddy of yours, Jim.  Doesn't look like you have much of a chance of reaching the green in two on that "Youngs Revenge". Heck, reaching it in three would AOK with me. Anyway, the artifact. Made of local porphorytic rhyolite. The part most important for dating,ie, the base, is mostly missing. So a positive ID is out, but it's probably either-or. If the base came down to another rounded point, much like the point, it would be a Morrow Mtn, circa 4000 BC. But it's probably a "shouldered" variety of the Guilford point, circa 3000 BC, just after the Morrow Mtn period. The base would then come down from the shoulders and square off at the bottom. I'll try and find some like it to post pics of. 31 more days to the REEL! Hope to see you there. Joe |
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Post by arappaho on Apr 25, 2011 19:46:44 GMT -5
Here you go, Jim. Here's a great article on the time period and styles of projectile points for what you have pictured above. It's probably more than you ever wanted to know, but this article lets you know what answers there are, and what questions still need to be answered. A very good read for anyone interested in the prehistory of NC and surrounds. www.arrowheads.com/archaic/370-mysteries-of-the-archaics-guilford-people |
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