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Name Details:
Named By: Ernest "Skip" Lohse
Named For:
Date Identified: 1985
Type Site: Chief Joseph Dam, Washington
Mahkin Shouldered Lanceolate
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
The most commonly used material is obsidian and basalt
followed by locally available materials. Heat treatment is not
used for this type.
Date:
Cultural Period:
8,000 - 5,000 B.P.
Early to Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene
Old Cordilleran Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large
lanceolate contracting stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate and commonly has fine serrations. The shoulders are weak to absent and at an upward angle. The stem is contracting with a convex base. Basal and hafting
region grinding is present on this type. The flaking pattern may range from parallel oblique to random.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 25 to 145mm
(average 45 to 70 mm), Blade Width - 11 to 35 mm (average 20 to 25
mm), Thickness - 3 to 9 mm.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in Columbia Plateau of Washington and Oregon and into northern Idaho and western Montana. This point is found through the Cascade Range and into the
northern Sierra Nevada range of California and Nevada. This point may be found into the Okanagan Range of British Columbia and extends to the coastal regions.
Additional Comments:
This type is similar to the Cascade Shouldered type, but this type has basal and hafting region grinding while basal grinding is absent on the Cascade Shouldered type.
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Point Validity: Valid Type
Lohse is a distinguished anthropologist and professor at Idaho State University. He
serves as the Curator of Anthropology for the Idaho Museum and Natural History. He is an expert in the archaeology of the Columbia Plateau and conducted extensive studies in that region. This type was
named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30
Mahkin Projectile Point, Mahkin Arrowhead
