Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Gregory White
Named For: Bald Mountain, California
Date Identified: 1989
Type Site:
Identified By: Gregory White
Named For: Bald Mountain, California
Date Identified: 1989
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Provisional type
Gregory White is an archaeologist who is the principle investigator and owner of a archaeological consulting firm in California. This type was identified in a professional publication but has limited to no professional references. This is a provisional type.
Gregory White is an archaeologist who is the principle investigator and owner of a archaeological consulting firm in California. This type was identified in a professional publication but has limited to no professional references. This is a provisional type.
Bald Mountain Stemmed
(Provisional Type)Cluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This point is a medium (2.5 to 3.5 inch) ovoid point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate becoming widest towards the bottom third of the point. Slight shoulders may be present giving a contracting stem appearance, or may be absent giving an ovoid appearance. Basal corners are round with a convex base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
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Additional Comments:
Loyd Doty notes:
BALD MOUNTAIN (Stemmed) – was described by archaeologist Gregory White for examples recovered sites near Bald Mountain in California. They are medium sized (2.50” to 3.50”) wide blades with straight or expanded edges, expanded stems with round and ground bases. Distribution is northern California and they were in use during the Early Archaic period. The Bald Mountain wide stemmed type is similar to the Borax Lake wide-stemmed.
Reference: D.A. Fredrickson, & Gregory White 1989, The Borax Lake Basin and Early Cultures in California’s North Coast Ranges. In: The Clovis-Archaic Interface in Western North America, C.M. Aikens and J. Willig, eds. Nevada State
Loyd Doty notes:
BALD MOUNTAIN (Stemmed) – was described by archaeologist Gregory White for examples recovered sites near Bald Mountain in California. They are medium sized (2.50” to 3.50”) wide blades with straight or expanded edges, expanded stems with round and ground bases. Distribution is northern California and they were in use during the Early Archaic period. The Bald Mountain wide stemmed type is similar to the Borax Lake wide-stemmed.
Reference: D.A. Fredrickson, & Gregory White 1989, The Borax Lake Basin and Early Cultures in California’s North Coast Ranges. In: The Clovis-Archaic Interface in Western North America, C.M. Aikens and J. Willig, eds. Nevada State
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is reported in multiple sites around Bald Mountain, Sonoma and Napa Valley, California
This point is reported in multiple sites around Bald Mountain, Sonoma and Napa Valley, California
Age / Periods:
Date: 9,000 - 7,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Early to Middle Holocene
Culture:
Date: 9,000 - 7,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Early to Middle Holocene
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