The Significance of the Dalton Adz in Northeast Arkansas

Archaeological Investigations of the Little Cypress Bayou Site (3CT50) Crittenden County, Arkansas. Volume 2 - Appendices

“…Off-site initial reduction is supported by the absence of percussion flakes of Everton chert in the 3CT50 debitage assemblage. It is very similar to adze butts described and illustrated by Morse and Goodyear (1973) and Goodyear (1974) for Early Archaic Dalton X-44 Vb. This fragment is a thick, rounded proximal portion which has been severed from the distal working edge.…”

“…Comments: Although the wear patterns and basic shape morphology displayed by the Category 3 specimen are similar to those ob .ed by Morse and Goodyear (1973) on adzes associated with Dalton assemblages, this artifact is more poorly made.…”

“…Adzes first appear in northeast Arkansas during the Dalton phase (Morse and Goodyear 1973), however they are commonly associated with later periods as well.…”

The 1997 Excavations at the Big Eddy Site (23CE426) in Southwest Missouri

“…Such a river route would make the eastern transport of unfinished stone artifacts easier and the potential for trade more plausible, assuming Dalton people made dug-out canoes (Morse and Goodyear 1973). The Marais des Cygnes River penetrates well into eastern Kansas and into the outcrop areas of most of the exotic Pennsylvanian cherts described herein.…”

“…Johnson (1989:22) states that no adzes have ever been associated with San Patrice assemblages, although one small adze was found at the Joe Powell site (Ensor 1985: Figure 8f). On the other hand, adzes have been characterized as an integral part of Dalton assemblages (Goodyear 1974;Johnson 1989;Morse 1971;Morse and Goodyear 1973).…”