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Name Details:
Named By: Robert
L. Wilson
Named For: Kamloops
Horizon
Date Identified: 1980
Type Site:
Kamloops Side Notch
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:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small side notch triangular point with a flattened elliptical
cross section. The blade is straight with horizontal shoulders and
an expanded base. The base may vary from straight to concave and
commonly has a notch in the blade or lateral basal edge.
This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 14 to 41 mm,
Stem Length - 6 to 11 mm, Blade Width - 6 to 11 mm, Neck
Width - 4 to 8 mm, Stem Width - 11 to 16 mm
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 in Bonner Co, Idaho. 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.
Additional Comments:
Small corner notch points are commonly found in the same distribution, but
fell out of favor about 1,000 years ago and were replaced by these small
side notch points (Prentiss and Kuijt, 2004).
This point is similar to the Desert Side Notch series found in the Great
Basin and surrounding region. This point is associated with the
Athapaskan Culture and is not the same as the same as the Desert series nor
the Plains series.
The point progression in the mid to lower Frazier River Valley is: Cody
points, Nesikep, Lehman, Lochnore, Shuswap, Plateau Horizon, Kamloops.
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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:
Pictures Provided By:
Stefan Grimes
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
48
Kamloops Side Notch Projectile Point, Kamloops Side Notch Arrowhead
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