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Name Details:
Named By: Roy L. Carlson
Named For: Type
Site
Date Identified: 2008
Type Site: The
Moosehide Site (LaKv-2), Yukon, Canada
Moosehide
(Provisional Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
5,600 - 5,000 B.P.
Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene
Little Arm phase
Glacial Period:
Phase:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin medium to large triangular to lanceolate point with a
thin elliptical cross section. The blade may range from
excurvate to straight. The base ranges from straight to
concave. This is a finely flaked point with a random flaking
pattern.
Size Measurements: Data needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the central Yukon and into Alaska and
British Columbia, 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. This is
considered a provisional type.
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Age Details:
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
149, 201
Moosehide Projectile Point, Moosewhide Arrowhead
