Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: James L. Giddings
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1957
Type Site: Choris Site, Choris Peninsula, Alaska
Identified By: James L. Giddings
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1957
Type Site: Choris Site, Choris Peninsula, Alaska
Point Validity:
Valid type
Giddings was a distinguished anthropologist and professor of Anthropology at Brown University. Giddings served as one of the first associated of the Arctic Institute and was an expert in the archaeology of Alaska and the Arctic. This point was named in his study of the Choris culture and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Giddings was a distinguished anthropologist and professor of Anthropology at Brown University. Giddings served as one of the first associated of the Arctic Institute and was an expert in the archaeology of Alaska and the Arctic. This point was named in his study of the Choris culture and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Choris Lanceolate
Cluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium lanceolate to pentagonal point with a flattened to thin elliptical cross section. The blade is excavate with the tip curving in becoming parallel and curving back in towards the base. The base may vary from straight to slightly concave with rounded basal corners. This point has a random go parallel flaking pattern.
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Additional Comments:
This tradition emerged from the earlier Denbigh Flint Complex (Sturtevant, 1978). It is thought that this culture evolved into the later Norton culture (Bacon, 1975).
This tradition emerged from the earlier Denbigh Flint Complex (Sturtevant, 1978). It is thought that this culture evolved into the later Norton culture (Bacon, 1975).
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is found on the Choris Peninsula of Alaska and into the surrounding regions associated with the Choris and later Norton Cultures.
This point is found on the Choris Peninsula of Alaska and into the surrounding regions associated with the Choris and later Norton Cultures.
Age / Periods:
Date: 3,800 - 2,200 B.P.
Cultural Period:
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture: Choris Culture
Date: 3,800 - 2,200 B.P.
Cultural Period:
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture: Choris Culture
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