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An Evans point, this is the point type usually encountered in association with the Middle Archaic mound builders.

Bead cache from Jackson Co., MS. The bannerstone was associated with the beads, as perhaps were the two larger points. Obviously the gun flint is unrelated, the point at top left was found nearby but not associated with the cache. The two larger points would fit into the Ledbetter type, which is thought to be related to Pickwick, which has definite Middle Archaic associations, having been found en cache with Benton Culture artifacts in northern portions of that state. Pickwick is one of the most common types from that period in the central parts of the state, indeed across much of the region, still in use into the Late Archaic. The style of the effigy bead at top is considered diagnostic of the Middle Archaic also by many-the tube beads, of course, continue on into the Late Archaic. The artifacts were found during dirt work in preparation for construction of a subdivision and have led some to conclude there possibly was one of the Middle Archaic earthworks at the location, as the people who built these mounds seemed to be invariably involved with bead manufacture. The material of some of the beads is novaculite, imported from Arkansas.