Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Coquille Broad Neck
Name Details:
Identified By:  Thomas J. Connelly
Named For:  Coquille River, Oregon
Date Identified:  1986
Type Site:  Standly Site, Oregon
Point Validity: Valid type

Connelly is an anthropologist and serves as Director of the Research Division of the State Museum of Anthropology at the University of Oregon.  This type was named in his PhD dissertation and has many professional references.  This is considered a valid type
Coquille Broadneck
Cluster: Coastal Contracting Stem Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular contracting stem point with an elliptical cross section.  The blade may vary from straight to slightly excurvate and is commonly serrated.   The shoulders are generally weak to absent and at an upward angle or rounded.  The shoulders may range to horizontal.   The stem is contracting with a convex base.  This point has a random flaking pattern.   
Size Measurements:

Total Length - 36 to 79 mm,  Stem Length - 8 to 14 mm,  Blade Width - 15 to 25 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

This point is primarily found in the Coquille River region of southwestern Oregon and into northwestern California.
Age / Periods:
Date: 4,500 - 2,200 B.P.
Cultural Period:Middle to Transitional Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Contra Costa, Gatecliff, Gypsum Cave, Vandenberg
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Ano Nuevo, Channel Islands Barbed, Copsey, Coquille Knife, Coquille Narrowneck, Excelsior, Houx Contracting StemPoint Sal Barbed, Vandenberg Contracting Stem
Pictures: 

Pictures Provided By:
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Coquille Broadneck Projectile Point, Coquille Broadneck Arrowhead
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