Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Adan E. Treganza
Named For: Type site
Date Identified: 1958
Type Site: Gunther Island Site (Ca Hum 67), Humboldt County, California
Identified By: Adan E. Treganza
Named For: Type site
Date Identified: 1958
Type Site: Gunther Island Site (Ca Hum 67), Humboldt County, California
Point Validity:
Valid type
Treganza is a renowned anthropologist and professor at San Francisco State University. He was the founder of the Department of Anthropology at the university and is considered an expert on California archaeology. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Treganza is a renowned anthropologist and professor at San Francisco State University. He was the founder of the Department of Anthropology at the university and is considered an expert on California archaeology. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Gunther Barbed
Gunther Island BarbedAKA: Camas Valley, Mad River, Molalla,
Molly, Rogue River, Shasta, Sutter Contracting Stem
Cluster: Gunther Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small to medium triangular contracting stem point with a flattened cross section. The blade is broad and may vary from excurvate to incurvate. The blade is commonly serrated. The shoulders have long barbs that usually extend down past the base. The barbs may range from symmetrical to asymmetrical. The stem varies from straight to contracting with a straight to pointed base. This point commonly has a high quality of workmanship and has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 27 to 39 mm, Stem Length - 3 to 6 mm, Blade Width - 14 to 26 mm, Stem Width at Shoulders - 4 to 6 mm, Thickness - 3 to 5 mm
Total Length - 27 to 39 mm, Stem Length - 3 to 6 mm, Blade Width - 14 to 26 mm, Stem Width at Shoulders - 4 to 6 mm, Thickness - 3 to 5 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Baumhoff identified the Shasta Complex points after the Shasta Reservoir region of northern California. These points are commonly associated with the Yana culture. This type was named Sutter Contracting Stem by Dougherty (1990) for variations at the Sutter Site, Sutter County, California. This type has been called Rough River for examples found in the Rogue River Valley in southeastern Oregon.
This type overlaps the characteristics if points from the Rosegate cluster. The time frame is thought to have started during the time that Rosegate type points were being used, and continued into the same time period as the Desert Cluster. This cluster differs from points in the Rosegate cluster based on metric attributes including the contracting stem and the exaggerated barbed, but based on temporal placement, these points may be part of the Rosegate cluster (Hughes, 1986).
Many examples found in Mendocino County are difficult to distinguish from Rattlesnake points. The name Gunthersnake has been termed for these type points (Justice, 2002).
Dennis Cassinelli (1996) has classified these points as: Abrupt Shoulder, Round Shoulder, and Short Barb
Baumhoff identified the Shasta Complex points after the Shasta Reservoir region of northern California. These points are commonly associated with the Yana culture. This type was named Sutter Contracting Stem by Dougherty (1990) for variations at the Sutter Site, Sutter County, California. This type has been called Rough River for examples found in the Rogue River Valley in southeastern Oregon.
This type overlaps the characteristics if points from the Rosegate cluster. The time frame is thought to have started during the time that Rosegate type points were being used, and continued into the same time period as the Desert Cluster. This cluster differs from points in the Rosegate cluster based on metric attributes including the contracting stem and the exaggerated barbed, but based on temporal placement, these points may be part of the Rosegate cluster (Hughes, 1986).
Many examples found in Mendocino County are difficult to distinguish from Rattlesnake points. The name Gunthersnake has been termed for these type points (Justice, 2002).
Dennis Cassinelli (1996) has classified these points as: Abrupt Shoulder, Round Shoulder, and Short Barb
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in northern California and northward into the Columbia River Basin. This point has been found westward through-out the Great Basin with decreased frequency.
This point is primarily found in northern California and northward into the Columbia River Basin. This point has been found westward through-out the Great Basin with decreased frequency.
Age / Periods:
Date: 1,000 - 200 B.P.
Cultural Period:Developmental to Classic
Late Prehistoric to Historic
Glacial Period: Medieval Warm to Little
Ice Age
Culture:
Date: 1,000 - 200 B.P.
Cultural Period:Developmental to Classic
Late Prehistoric to Historic
Glacial Period: Medieval Warm to Little
Ice Age
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Alkali, Calapooya, Columbia Plateau, Eastgate, Parowan, Point Sal Barbed, Rabbit Island, Rattlesnake, Rose Springs, Wallula
Alkali, Calapooya, Columbia Plateau, Eastgate, Parowan, Point Sal Barbed, Rabbit Island, Rattlesnake, Rose Springs, Wallula
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Gunther Triangular, Sutter Contracting Stem
Gunther Triangular, Sutter Contracting Stem
