Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Larry Wheeler
Named For: Camas Valley, Oregon
Date Identified: 1983
Type Site:
Identified By: Larry Wheeler
Named For: Camas Valley, Oregon
Date Identified: 1983
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Collector type
No information available on Larry Wheeler. Information on Wheeler was obtained from Hranicky (2011). No professional reference to this type, there are collector reference to this type as an AKA for the Gunther Barbed type.
No information available on Larry Wheeler. Information on Wheeler was obtained from Hranicky (2011). No professional reference to this type, there are collector reference to this type as an AKA for the Gunther Barbed type.
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small to medium triangular contracting stem point with a flattened cross section. The blade is broad and may vary from excurvate to incurvate. The blade is commonly serrated. The shoulders have long barbs that usually extend down past the base. The barbs may range from symmetrical to asymmetrical. The stem varies from straight to contracting with a straight to pointed base. This point commonly has a high quality of workmanship and has a random flaking pattern.
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
This is a local variant of the Gunther Barbed type that is found in the Camus Valley of Oregon.
This is a local variant of the Gunther Barbed type that is found in the Camus Valley of Oregon.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is found in the Camus Valley of Oregon
This point is found in the Camus Valley of Oregon
Age / Periods:
Date: 1,000 - 200 B.P.
Cultural Period:Developmental to Classic
Late Prehistoric to Historic
Glacial Period: Medieval Warm to Little Ice Age
Culture:
Date: 1,000 - 200 B.P.
Cultural Period:Developmental to Classic
Late Prehistoric to Historic
Glacial Period: Medieval Warm to Little Ice Age
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Alkali, Calapooya, Columbia Plateau, Eastgate, Parowan, Point Sal Barbed, Rabbit Island, Rose Springs, Wallula
Alkali, Calapooya, Columbia Plateau, Eastgate, Parowan, Point Sal Barbed, Rabbit Island, Rose Springs, Wallula
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
