Tchefuncte Louisiana – Arrowhead & Projectile Point Identification

Culture: Early Woodland Tchefuncte pottery culture

Time period: 800 BCE introduction

Region: Louisiana Southeast

Material: Local cherts silicified materials

Introduction Tchefuncte pottery culture around 800 BCE. Points often indistinguishable Late Archaic forms. Some distinctive types emerge maintain Archaic traditions. Continued reliance hunting gathering (unlike plant domestication elsewhere). Cultural connections broader Southeast patterns. Limited adoption corn agriculture until Mississippi period (except Caddo region 900 CE). Louisiana produced extensive projectile point collections, over 200 Archaic period points recovered.

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