Kirk Stemmed Points

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  • Long, narrow blade, sometimes thick
  • Blade often serrated due to extensive resharpening
  • Blade edges sometimes beveled
  • Shoulders narrow but well-defined, especially on heavily serrated specimens
  • Stem edges straight to slightly flared at the base
  • Base thinned by removal of several small thinning flakes
  • Serrated forms sometimes considered a separate type, Kirk Serrated
  • Size: 2 to 3½ inches long
  • Early Archaic: ca. 6900-6000 BC
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    Kirk Stemmed Points

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