Dalton

A complex of the late Paleo-Indian and Archaic periods of the midwestern and eastern U.S., associated with the Dalton projectile point class. The point was varied due to reuse and resharpening. The Dalton sites indicate that hunting deer was important. Brand in northeast Arkansas and Stanfield-Worley Bluff in Alabama are the best-known sites.

Complex of cultural traits from the late Paleo-Indian period, centred on the Southeastern United States. It is characterized by the Dalton point, a fish-tailed variation of the Clovis point. Most Dalton sites indicate that major subsistence effort was in hunting deer. There is inconclusive evidence that gathering of plant food may also have been a subsistence activity. Brand in northeast Arkansas and Stanfield-Worley Bluff in Alabama are the best-known sites.