Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Thomas J. Connelly
Named For: Coquille River, Oregon
Date Identified: 1986
Type Site: Standly Site, Oregon
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
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 Narrowneck
Cluster: Coastal Contracting Stem Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to 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 may range from slightly barbed to horizontal, or may vary to rounded or weak. The stem is contracting with a convex base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 24 to 58 mm, Stem Length - 7 to 11 mm, Blade Width - 12 to 21 mm
Total Length - 24 to 58 mm, Stem Length - 7 to 11 mm, Blade Width - 12 to 21 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.
This point is primarily found in the Coquille River region of southwestern Oregon and into northwestern California.
Age / Periods:
Date: 2,200 - 700 B.P.
Cultural Period: Transitional Archaic to Developmental
Glacial Period: Roman to Medieval Warm
Culture:
Date: 2,200 - 700 B.P.
Cultural Period: Transitional Archaic to Developmental
Glacial Period: Roman to Medieval Warm
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Calapooya, Gatecliff, Gold Hill, Rabbit Island, Rose Springs, Shasta, Sierra Contracting
Calapooya, Gatecliff, Gold Hill, Rabbit Island, Rose Springs, Shasta, Sierra Contracting
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Ano Nuevo, Channel Islands Barbed, Copsey, Coquille Knife, Coquille Broadneck,, Excelsior, Houx Contracting Stem, Point Sal Barbed, Vandenberg Contracting Stem
Ano Nuevo, Channel Islands Barbed, Copsey, Coquille Knife, Coquille Broadneck,, Excelsior, Houx Contracting Stem, Point Sal Barbed, Vandenberg Contracting Stem
