Outline is Representative of Size and Shape: 
Name Details:
Identified By: Kenneth M. Ames, James P. Green, and Margaret Pfoertner
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1981
Type Site: Hatwai site (10NP143), Idaho
Identified By: Kenneth M. Ames, James P. Green, and Margaret Pfoertner
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1981
Type Site: Hatwai site (10NP143), Idaho
Point Validity:
Valid type
Ames is a distinguished anthropologist and professor emeritus for the Department of Anthropology at Boise State University. Green is an anthropologist and professor at Idaho State University. This type was named in a professional publication and has many processional references. This is considered a valid type.
Ames is a distinguished anthropologist and professor emeritus for the Department of Anthropology at Boise State University. Green is an anthropologist and professor at Idaho State University. This type was named in a professional publication and has many processional references. This is considered a valid type.
Hatwai Eared
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium triangular expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with shoulders that may vary from horizontal to having an upward angle. The stem is expanding with a concave base giving this point an eared appearance. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - ? to 29 mm Stem Length - Blade Width - ? to 15 mm, Neck Width - ? to 10 mm, Basal Width - ? to 12 mm, Thickness - 6 mm average
Total Length - ? to 29 mm Stem Length - Blade Width - ? to 15 mm, Neck Width - ? to 10 mm, Basal Width - ? to 12 mm, Thickness - 6 mm average
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
This is not the same type as the Windust component which was identified at the Hatwai site. This is a smaller eared point that appears to have been produced for a smaller diameter shaft. It has been argued that this may represent a transition from the atlatl to a arrow form. However, it is much older than is generally accepted for the appearance of the arrow in the western United States.
This is not the same type as the Windust component which was identified at the Hatwai site. This is a smaller eared point that appears to have been produced for a smaller diameter shaft. It has been argued that this may represent a transition from the atlatl to a arrow form. However, it is much older than is generally accepted for the appearance of the arrow in the western United States.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This points are primarily associated with cultures from the Plateau regions of Canada and the United States which borders the Plains Regions of Canada, the Snake River Plains of Idaho, the Great Basin of Idaho and Oregon and up to the coastal regions of the Northwest.
This points are primarily associated with cultures from the Plateau regions of Canada and the United States which borders the Plains Regions of Canada, the Snake River Plains of Idaho, the Great Basin of Idaho and Oregon and up to the coastal regions of the Northwest.
Age / Periods:
Date: 5,000 - 3,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle to Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
Culture:
Date: 5,000 - 3,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle to Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Bullhead, Elko Eared, Elko Split Stem, Gatecliff, Marrybelle Bifurcated, Pinto, Priest Rapids, Shuswap
Bullhead, Elko Eared, Elko Split Stem, Gatecliff, Marrybelle Bifurcated, Pinto, Priest Rapids, Shuswap
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
