Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Mark Basgall, Michael Delacorte, and M. C. Hall
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1995
Type Site: The Fish Slough Site, Inyo County, California
Identified By: Mark Basgall, Michael Delacorte, and M. C. Hall
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1995
Type Site: The Fish Slough Site, Inyo County, California
Point Validity:
Valid type
Basgall is an anthropologist and professor at California State University- Sacrament. Delacorte is an anthropologist and professor at California State University- Sacramento. Hall is an anthropologist and professor at the University of California - Riverside. Basgall, Delacorte, and Hall have all conducted many excavations in California and are all well published in California archaeology. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Basgall is an anthropologist and professor at California State University- Sacrament. Delacorte is an anthropologist and professor at California State University- Sacramento. Hall is an anthropologist and professor at the University of California - Riverside. Basgall, Delacorte, and Hall have all conducted many excavations in California and are all well published in California archaeology. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Fish Slough Side Notch
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large triangular side notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate. The shoulders may vary from having an upward angle to being slightly barbed. The stem is expanding with a slightly convex base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in southeastern California and into the Great Basin of Nevada.
This point is primarily found in southeastern California and into the Great Basin of Nevada.
Age / Periods:
Date: 9,000 - 8,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Early Holocene
Culture:
Date: 9,000 - 8,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Early Holocene
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