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Name Details:
Named By:
Richard S. MacNeish
Named For: Lockhart
River, Yukon
Date Identified:
1964
Type Site:
Lockhart River
(Provisional Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
5,000 - 3,500 B.P.
Middle to Late Archaic
Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
Gladstone and Taye Complex
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Phase:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large triangular side notch to expanding stem point with an
elliptical cross section. The blade is long and narrow with
excurvate to straight edges. The shoulder are at an upward angle
with an expanding stem. The base ranges from slightly convex to
straight. Basal and / or hafting region grinding are present on
this type. This point is made using broad percussion flaking with
pressure flaking used to finish the point forming a random flaking
pattern.
Size Measurements: Length - 34 to 63 mm, Blade Width -
21 to 31 mm (average 24 mm), Thickness - 6 to 9 mm (***based on small
sample size***)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point has been reported throughout the Lockhart River basin and
into the Brooks range of Alaska and into northern British Columbia and
Alberta.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
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Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Provisional Type
MacNeish was a pioneering
anthropologist who was most notable for his excavations and studies at Tamaulipas Mexico.
He conducted extensive excavations throughout Texas and northwestern Canada. This type has been references in professional publications and has many
professional references. This is considered a provisional type.
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Age Details:
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
200
Lockhart River Projectile Point, Lockhart River Arrowhead
