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Name Details:
Named By:  Richard MacNeish
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified:  1958
Type Site: Larter Site (near Winnipeg), Manitoba, Canada
 Larter Tanged
(Pelican Lake Variant)
Cluster:  








Commonly Utilized Material:


Date:                   
Cultural Period:   
3,500 -2,200 B.P.
Late Archaic
Neoglacial to Roman Warm
 Sub Atlantic Period

Glacial Period:

Culture:
     
      


Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:



Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:

This is a medium triangular corner notch point with a flattened to elliptical cross section.  The blade may range from straight to excurvate.  Commonly the widest portion of the point is just above the notches.  The shoulder are strongly barbed with an expanding stem.  The base may range from straight to concave.  This point has a random flaking pattern.   

Size Measurements:  Total Length - 30 to 80 mm,  Stem Length - 5 to 10 mm,  Blade Width - 14 to 34 mm,  Neck Width - 11 to 17 mm,  Stem Width - 15 to 21 mm(Typically 2/3 the total length of the blade) Thickness - 4 to 7 mm

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

This name is primarily used in Manitoba, Canada.  This point has the same distribution as the similar Pelican Lake type points.  They are found primarily in northern Prairies of the United States and Canada and into the Boreal Forest of Northern Manitoba,

Similar Points:
Avonlea Carmichael, Avonlea Gulf Lake, Avonlea Timber Ridge, Little Sioux, Nanton, Oxbow, Pelican Lake, Simonsen
Related / Associated Points:
Pelican Lake
Additional Comments:

This is a barbed variant of the Pelican Lake point,.

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Point Validity:   Valid Type

MacNeish was a pioneering anthropologist who began his career studying the archeology of the Northern Plains and Canada.  He was most notable for his excavations and studies at Tamaulipas Mexico.  This type has been references in professional publications and is considered a valid type.



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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):

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Larter Projectile Point, Larter Arrowhead