Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By:
Named For: Type site
Date Identified:
Type Site: Eagle Lake site, Lassen County, California
Point Validity:
Collector type
Type described by master knapper Harwood. Only references to this type were located n collector sources. No professional references were located. This is considered a collector type.
Eagle Lake Multiple Notch
Cluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular side notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate with a single set of notches on the blade just above the shoulders. The shoulders are horizontal with an expanded stem. The base is deeply concave with pointed basal corners. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
This point has been listed as a site specific point for the Eagle Lake site in California. More information is needed regarding this type.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is associated with the Eagle Lake Site in Lassen County California.
Age / Periods:
Date: 8,000 - 5,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
Type is described as a Middle Archaic type point, but characteristics are more consistent with being a developmental period type.
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points: