Identified By: Richard Hanes
Named For: Creek near Type Site
Date Identified: 1980
Type Site: Dirty Shame Rockshelter, Antelope Creek, Oregon
Hanes is a professional archaeologist and president of the Oregon Archaeological Society. He conducted excavations at the Dirty Shame Rockshelter. This type was named in a professional publication, but has no professional references. This is considered a provisional type.
Cluster:
Loyd Doty reports:
ANTELOPE (Corner Notch) – was named by archaeologist Richard C. Hanes for examples recovered from the Dirty Shame Rockshelter and Antelope Creek Overhang sites in the border region of Oregon and Idaho. They are medium sized (2” to 3”) projectiles with straight blade edges and sharply barbed shoulders, expanded stems and straight, convex or concave bases. They are similar in appearance to the Elko Corner Notch. References: Hanes, Richard C. 1977 Lithic tools of the Dirty Shame Rockshelter: typology and distribution. Idaho State University Museum of Natural History. Plager, Sharon, Mark G. Plew & Christopher A. Willson 2006 The Archaeology of Antelope Creek Overhang, Southeastern Oregon. Boise State University, Department of Anthropology.
The morphological characteristics of this type overlap those of the Elko type. This type is rarely used due to the obscure description.
Due to the overlapping characteristics with the Elko type, the full distribution of this type is not known, but it is reported on the Oregon Idaho boarder region.
Date: 3,500 - 3,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Elko
