Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By:
Named For:
Date Identified:
Type Site:
Identified By:
Named For:
Date Identified:
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Ayampitn
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick large (typically 3 to 6 inches) ovoid point with an elliptical cross section or a median ridge. The base may vary from convex to flat giving a teardrop or lanceolate appearance.
Size Measurements:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Loyd Doty reports:
AYAMPITN (Lanceolate) – are crude bi facially worked projectiles and knives with willow-leaf outline that were found among Early Archaic hunter-gatherer communities of the Peruvian highlands and coasts (1st map below) within the Andean Cultural Region (2nd map below) that date to 11K years before present. Typical examples are 3 to 6 inches long and there is also a square base variant found at the Quishqui puncu archaeological site.
Reference: Lynch, T. F. 1967 Quishqui puncu: A Pre-ceramic Site in Highland Peru. Science. Nov 10;158(3802):780-3.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is found along the Peruvian highlands and coasts within the Andean Cultural region.
This point is found along the Peruvian highlands and coasts within the Andean Cultural region.
Age / Periods:
Date: 11,000 B.P.
Cultural Period:
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Date: 11,000 B.P.
Cultural Period:
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
