Prehistoric Native American Flaked Stone Knife from the Little River, Townsend, Tuckaleechee Cove Area, Tennessee. A substantial round nose knife, bifacially worked, thick, stone shaped ovoid to triangular point with a thick elliptical to median ridge cross section. Provenance: Prominent Native American Collection, Townsend, Tennessee. Approx. Size: 3.5" H X 1.5" W. Includes COA.

References: Shannon D. Koerner & Lynne P. Sullivan, THE MISSISSIPPIAN PERIOD OCCUPATION OF TUCKALEECHEE COVE, BLOUNT COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Boyce Driskell, Principal Investigator and Series Editor Archaeological Research Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, The University of Tennessee, April 2013 (Report Prepared for the Federal Highway Administration and the Tennessee Department of Transportation Nashville, Tennessee), See CHAPTER 5: STONE IMPLEMENTS AND OTHER ARTIFACTS, Boyce Driskell, Jeremy Sweat, Katherine McMillan Barry, Stephen Carmody, Phyllis Rigney, and Erik Johanson, pgs 117f. Figure 49. Tabular bifaces from Mississippian contexts: (a) hoe; (b-e) biface fragments of hoes or digging implements.Figure 50. Bifacial tools from Mississippian contexts: (a-d) scrapers; (e-n) wedges; (o-v) drill/perforators. Figure 51. Chipped stone projectile points from Mississippian contexts: (a-j) Hamilton Incurvate; (k) Late Woodland/Mississippian Equilateral Triangular; (l-s) Late Woodland/Mississippian Triangular; (t-cc) Madison; (dd-ff) (Mississippian Serrated Spike). Figure 53. Notched pebbles (a-c) from Mississippian contexts.