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Name Details:
Named By: Richard S. MacNeish
 Named For: Type Site
 Date Identified: 1964
 Type Site: The Minto Lake Site (KkVa-2), Yukon, Canada
 Minto
Provisional Type
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Date:                   


Cultural Period:   
11,050 - 9,900 B.P.
(***see additional comments***)
Transitional Paleo
Late Pleistocene to Early Archaic

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Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:

This is a medium triangular point with an thin elliptical cross section.  The blade is excurvate with the tip curving in and becoming widest at about the midpoint.  bottom half of the blade can vary from being parallel, to having a slight curve back in towards the base, or being slightly aurticulated.  The base is primarily slightly concave but may vary to almost straight.  There are one to three basal flakes removed from each face.  Basal grinding is present on this point.

Size Measurements: Data needed

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

This point is found in northwestern Yukon and into British Columbia and Alaska.  Full distribution is not known.

Similar Points:
Annie Lake, Basally Thinned Triangular, Dorset, Peace River Fluted, Sub Triangular, Whitehorse
Related / Associated Points: 
Additional Comments:

***  Dating on this type was never conducted.  MacNeish felt that this was a transitional Paleo period point based on other artifacts found in association.  This type is similar to the Sub-Triangular point of Alaska and the Basally Thinned Triangle found in Alerta and into central British Columbia.  This point may be a distribution extension of the Basally Thinned Triangle.  Based on MacNeish's assumptions and the similarities with other points, the date of this point was placed the same as the other similar points of the area.






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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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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):

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Minto Projectile Point, Minto Arrowhead