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Name Details:
Named By: Roy
Carlson
Named For: Type
Site location
Date Identified:
2011
Type Site: Helen Point
site, Mayne Island
Mayne Island Ovoid
AKA: Type Ib (Carlson, 2011)
Provisional Type
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
5,400 - 3,600 B.P.
Middle to Late Archaic
Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
Mayne Phase
Glacial Period:
Phase:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small to medium ovoid point with a thin elliptical cross
section. The blade is excurvate with the widest portion of the
blade being about the mid-point. The base ranges from straight to
convex or pointed with rounded basal corners. This point is
commonly crudely made with a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Length - 28 to 42 mm ( average 34 to 39 mm), Blade Width -
13 to 22 mm (average 15 to 19 mm), Width/Length ratio - 0.33 to .066 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point was reported at the Helen Point site on Maynes Island.
May be found throughout southwestern British Columbia and into
northwestern Washington. Full distribution not known.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
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Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Provisional Type
Carlson is a distinguished anthropologist and professor for the Department
of Anthropology, University of Washington. Carlson has conducted extensive
studies into the archaeology of Canada. This point was identified in a
professional publication. Currently only two examples have been recovered
from the southwestern Yukon ice patches. More research is needed on
this type. This is
considered a provisional type.
.
Age Details:
At Helen Point these points were found in Mayne
phase levels dating between 5,420 +/- 230 and 3,690 +/- 70 B.P. (Carlson,
2001)
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
202, 207
Mayne Island Projectile Point, Mayne Island Arrowhead
