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Name Details:
Named By: Robert
L. Wilson
Named For: Kamloops
Horizon
Date Identified: 1980
Type Site:
Kamloops Pentagonal Knife
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,200 - 200 B.P.
Pre-Historic to Historic
Modern Times
Kamloops (Athapaskan) Culture
Kamloops Horizon
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Phase:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium asymmetrical pentagonal blade with an
elliptical cross section. The blade ranges from incurvate to
recurvate with the bottom portion of the blade being being more parallel
than the upper portion of the blade. The base ranges from slightly
convex to straight with rounded basal corners. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Data needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found on the
Chilcotin Plateau of British Columbia and into the Columbia Plateau of
Washington. Has been found with Kamloops Side Notch points in
Bonner Co, Id However, many books show similar points
associated with Kavik points of the Athapaskan cultures found as far
north as the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Alaska.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Wilson was an anthropologist and professor at Simon Frazier University,
British Columbia. he was an expert on the Kamloops culture an the
archaeology of British Columbia. This point has many professional
references and is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
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Kamloops Pentagonal Projectile Point, Kamloops Pentagonal Arrowhead
