Fast facts
Also called Thebes Points
Blade edges straight to slightly excurvate, sometimes ending in barbed shoulders
Blade edges resharpened by beveling, sharpened by striking off flakes from one side only, giving the blade a rhomboidal cross section
Shoulders prominent, often exhibiting barbs
Base strongly corner- or side-notched
Basal edge flared or straight and heavily ground
Likely functioned as knives
Size: 2 to 4½ inches
Early Archaic: ca. 8000-6000 BC
