SAWMILL POINT
LATE ARCHAIC
NORTHERN BELIZE
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COPYRIGHT JUNE 30, 2014 PETER A. BOSTROM

     This point is very similar to a point that is illustrated in Kelly's report and referred to as an aberrant point. In-other-words, unusual, untypical or uncommon. But he still suggests it might be a reworked Sawmill point. Although the stem is small and contracting, it is thinned on one side with one long narrow flake removal which is a common trait of Sawmill points. The edges are also resharpened with parallel oblique flaking. Even though the width of this point is wider by 3/16 inch (5 mm) than the longest Sawmill point found so far, it still may fall within the Sawmill type as more of these points are recorded.
    The damaged area on the edge near the tip may indicate it was used as a projectile, as Sawmill points are thought to have been used. The broken area was retouched in a way that would have made it once-again usable as a projectile point. One side of this point (right side) also has what appears to be a fairly deep round pot-lid type of flake removal which usually occurs with heat, as could happen in a brush fire, but there is no sign of heating on the stone. This point is made of Colha chert and it measures 2 5/16 inches (5.9 cm) long and 1 15/16 inches (4.9 cm) wide.

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