Hardaway-Dalton (NC-162)

This stone projectile point is known as a Hardaway-Dalton and it is often identified by its deeply concave base and straight or outflaring eared base. The Hardaway-Dalton point type is associated with the Late Paleoindian Period (c. 8700-8000 BC) and was first described by Joffre Coe from specimens excavated at the famous Hardaway site (31ST4) in Stanly County, NC. This type of artifact was used as a spear or dart point and likely was secondarily used as a knife and/or scraping tool. This particular point is made from a metavolcanic stone commonly called rhyolite and has been re-sharpened many times leaving it with a stubby appearance. It was found at a site (31WA1823) in Wake County, NC and donated to the Office of State Archaeology (Accession no. 2013.0718a2). It measures 40 mm long, 30 mm wide, and 5.5 mm thick. This model was constructed by David Cranford with 55 photos using Agisoft Metashape software. (Credit: NCDNCR/OSA)