Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Terry Jones and Mark Hylkema
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1988
Type Site: Ano Nuevo Site (CA-SMA-77), San Mateo County, California
Identified By: Terry Jones and Mark Hylkema
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1988
Type Site: Ano Nuevo Site (CA-SMA-77), San Mateo County, California
Point Validity:
Valid type
Jones is a professional anthropologist and serves as a professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at California Polytechnic State University. Hylkema is a California State Parks Archaeologist and serves as in instructor in anthropologist at Foothill Collage, Los Altos California. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Jones is a professional anthropologist and serves as a professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at California Polytechnic State University. Hylkema is a California State Parks Archaeologist and serves as in instructor in anthropologist at Foothill Collage, Los Altos California. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Ano Nuevo Long Stem
Cluster: Coastal Contracting Stem Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick medium triangular point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with the blade curving in at the tip and curving back in at the shoulders. The tip is commonly apiculate. The shoulders are weak to absent and at an upward angle. The stem is long and contracting with a convex base and is often poorly defined. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 40 to 104 mm (average 59 mm), Stem Length - 15 to 33 mm, Blade Width - 18 to 37 mm (average 28 mm), Stem Width at Shoulders - 11 to 17 mm, Thickness - 7 to 15 mm (average 10 mm)
Total Length - 40 to 104 mm (average 59 mm), Stem Length - 15 to 33 mm, Blade Width - 18 to 37 mm (average 28 mm), Stem Width at Shoulders - 11 to 17 mm, Thickness - 7 to 15 mm (average 10 mm)
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found between San Mateo and Montgomery counties in the central coastal region and ranges of California. These points tend to be concentrated in the northern regions of this distribution. These points are found southward into San Diego County with decreasing frequency.
This point is primarily found between San Mateo and Montgomery counties in the central coastal region and ranges of California. These points tend to be concentrated in the northern regions of this distribution. These points are found southward into San Diego County with decreasing frequency.
Age / Periods:
Date: 2,950 - 2,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Date: 2,950 - 2,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Age Details:
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Channel Island Barbed, Excelsior, Houx Contracting Stem, Point Sal Barbed, Vandenberg Contracting Stem
Channel Island Barbed, Excelsior, Houx Contracting Stem, Point Sal Barbed, Vandenberg Contracting Stem
