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Name Details:
Named By: David
Sanger
Named For: Associated Culture
/ Type Site
Date Identified: 1970
Type Site The Lehman
Creek Site (EdRk 8), British Columbia, Canada
Lehman Oblique Notch
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
5,550 - 4,450 B.P.
Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene
Lehman Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a
broad thick medium ovoid
corner notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade
may range from excurvate to pentagonal. U-shaped notches enter
the blade at the corners at an oblique angle forming barbed
shoulders and an expanding stem. The base is convex.
This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 34 to 97
mmm, Stem Length - 10 to 21 mm, Blade Width - 23 to 39
mm, Neck Width - 13 to 26 mm, Stem Width - 19 to 36 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the mid
Frazier River Valley of British Columbia and may be found into the mid
to lower Chilcotin Plateau.
Additional Comments:
The Lochnore phase of the Nesikep tradition
appears to represent separate ethnic groups. The Nesikep culture was
represented by non-Salishan group which primarily focused on hunting and
gathering while the Lochnore culture represented a Salishan group which was
primarily focused on fishing. It appears that the later Lehman culture
absorbed both cultures (Sturtevant and Ortiz, 1983). However,
the projectile points of the newer Lehman culture retained many of the
characteristics of the Lochnore point.
Two of the major differences between the older Lochnore point and the newer
Lehman point is that the Lehman point is generally thicker and wider than
the Lochnore point (Prentiss and Kuijt, 2004). Unlike the early
Lochnore culture which primarily focused on fishing, the Lehman culture
placed greater emphasis on hunting.
The point progression in the mid to lower Frazier River Valley is: Cody
points, Nesikep, Lehman, Lochnore, Shuswap, Plateau Horizon, Kamloops.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Sanger is a distinguished anthropologist and professor for the Department of
Anthropology, Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. His
primary interest in in pre-European contact in Maine, but studied the
prehistoric cultures in Canada while at the University of Washington.
This type was identified while studding the Nesikep culture and has many
professional references. This is a valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Re-illustrated from examples by Rousseau, 2008
Trevor
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
48, 144
Lehman Projectile Point, Lehman Arrowhead
