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Name Details:
Named By: Cynthia Irwin Williams and Henry Irwin
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1966
Type Site: Magic Mountain Site, Jefferson County, Colorado
Magic Mountain Corner Notch
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Date:
Cultural Period:
5,800 - 5,300 B.P.
Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene
Archaic Mountain Traditions
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular point with a thick elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily straight to excurvate. The shoulders may vary from horizontal to having an upward angle for the side notch form, or barbed for the corner notch form. The stem is expanding with a convex base which may give the appearance of a
bulbous appearance on some examples. Basal and hafting region grinding is present on this type.
The flaking pattern may range from random to collateral.
Size Measurements: Average Length -
50 mm, Average Width - 22.5 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Primarily found in the higher altitude mountain
areas of the Colorado Plateau of Colorado and into the high mountainous regions of Utah and Wyoming.
Similar Points:
Cherry Gulch, Cienega, Elko Corner Notch, Figueroa, Hawken, Lewis, Martis, Mount Albion, Mummy Cave, Pekisko, San Pedro, Samantha Dart Additional Comments:
The diagnostics difference between the Mount Albion point is lack of basal grinding. May be distinguished from the Cherry Gulch by the lack of a serrated blade.
Benedict states that this point may have evolved from earlier mountain lanceolate points.
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Point Validity: Valid Type
Kinsey was a distinguished anthropologist who did extensive work in the Susquehanna River valley and eastern anthropology. This point was named
in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is a valid type.
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
35
Magic Mountain Projectile Point, Magic Mountain Arrowhead
