Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Type II
Type I
Type IIType I Name Details:
Identified By: Robert B. Butler
Named For: Parley Haskett , found first examples in Power County, Idaho
Date Identified: 1976
Type Site: American Falls Reservoir Site, Power County, Idaho
Identified By: Robert B. Butler
Named For: Parley Haskett , found first examples in Power County, Idaho
Date Identified: 1976
Type Site: American Falls Reservoir Site, Power County, Idaho
Point Validity:
Valid type
Butler is a distinguished anthropologist and professor for the Department of Anthropology at Idaho State University. He has conducted extensive studies in the Great Basin and throughout Idaho. This point was named in a professional publication and has many profession references. This is considered a valid type.
Butler is a distinguished anthropologist and professor for the Department of Anthropology at Idaho State University. He has conducted extensive studies in the Great Basin and throughout Idaho. This point was named in a professional publication and has many profession references. This is considered a valid type.
Haskett Lanceolate
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large lanceolate point with an elliptical to median ridge cross section. The blade is narrow and excurvate. The widest part of the blade may vary to the top one third of the blade for the type I to the top one half of the blade for the type II. The bottom one half to one third of the point contracts in towards the base. Basal grinding is usually present. The base varies from convex to straight. This point has a flaking pattern that ranges from parallel oblique to collateral.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 65 to 115 mm (Type I), 110 to 225 mm (Type II), Blade Width - 19 to 38 mm
Total Length - 65 to 115 mm (Type I), 110 to 225 mm (Type II), Blade Width - 19 to 38 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
The type I has a is wider towards the tip, but this may represent a re-sharpened point rather than a true variant.
The type I has a is wider towards the tip, but this may represent a re-sharpened point rather than a true variant.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the northern Great Basin into the Snake River Plain, to the southern Cascades of Oregon and into the northern Sierra Nevada's of California. Has been reported as far north as the Lind Coulee site and Seminole Gap Site in Northern Washington and as far south as a site near Delta Utah.
This point is primarily found in the northern Great Basin into the Snake River Plain, to the southern Cascades of Oregon and into the northern Sierra Nevada's of California. Has been reported as far north as the Lind Coulee site and Seminole Gap Site in Northern Washington and as far south as a site near Delta Utah.
Age / Periods:
Date: 10,500 - 9,350 B.P.
Cultural Period: Developmental
(Pueblo I and II)
Glacial Period: Vandal Minimum to Medieval
Warm
Culture:
Date: 10,500 - 9,350 B.P.
Cultural Period: Developmental
(Pueblo I and II)
Glacial Period: Vandal Minimum to Medieval
Warm
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Agate Basin, Angostura, Cougar Mountain, Cascade, Lake Mojave, Lind Coulee, Silver Lake, Wildcat Canyon, Xilju
Agate Basin, Angostura, Cougar Mountain, Cascade, Lake Mojave, Lind Coulee, Silver Lake, Wildcat Canyon, Xilju
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