Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Type B
Type A
Type BType A Name Details:
Identified By: Robson Bonnichsen
Named For:
Date Identified: 1964
Type Site: Rattlesnake Canyon Cremation Site, Southwestern Idaho
Identified By: Robson Bonnichsen
Named For:
Date Identified: 1964
Type Site: Rattlesnake Canyon Cremation Site, Southwestern Idaho
Point Validity:
Provisional type
Bonnichsen was a pioneering anthropologist from Idaho who founded the Center for the Study of the First Americans. He named this type in a professional publication. There are limited references to this points since this time. Thomas Green describes these in his discussion on “Aboriginal Residential Structures in Southern Idaho” Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology Vol 15 No. 1 pg 58-72, but limited other references were located.
Bonnichsen was a pioneering anthropologist from Idaho who founded the Center for the Study of the First Americans. He named this type in a professional publication. There are limited references to this points since this time. Thomas Green describes these in his discussion on “Aboriginal Residential Structures in Southern Idaho” Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology Vol 15 No. 1 pg 58-72, but limited other references were located.
Bliss Contracting Stem
(Provisional Type)Cluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small ovoid contracting stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate. The shoulders are weak to absent with a long contracting stem. The base may vary from pointed (Type A) to having rounded basal corners and a straight base (Type B). This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 16 to 39 mm, Stem Length - 9 to 14 mm, Blade Width - 9 to 14 mm
Total Length - 16 to 39 mm, Stem Length - 9 to 14 mm, Blade Width - 9 to 14 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This type is reported in southwestern Idaho.
This type is reported in southwestern Idaho.
Age / Periods:
Date: 1,000 - 700 B.P.
Cultural Period: Developmental
Glacial Period: Medieval Warm
Culture:
Date: 1,000 - 700 B.P.
Cultural Period: Developmental
Glacial Period: Medieval Warm
Culture:
Age Details:
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
