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Name Details:
Named By: Trevor
R. Peck and John W. Ives
Named For:
Date Identified:
2017
Type Site:
Mortlach Side Notch
(Cultural Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
650 - 150 B.P.
Classic to Historic
Little Ice Age
Mortlack Phase
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Phase:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small triangular side notch point with an elliptical cross
section. The blade is primarily excurvate but may vary to
straight. Shallow notches enter low on the preforms forming a
shoulder that ranges from weak to prominent and horizontal to having an
upward angle. The stem is short and expanding. The base
ranges from straight to convex. This point has a random flaking
pattern.
Size Measurements: Size Measurements:
Length - 8 to 36 mm (21.2 mm average), Blade Width - 2 to 28
mm (13.8 mm average), Base Width - 2 to 24 mm ( 14.6 average), Neck
Width - 5 to 17 mm (9.5 mm average), Thickness - .8 to 6 mm (3.5
average) (Peck
and Ives, 2001).
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is found in association with the Mortlack
culture of Southeastern Saskatchewan and into southwestern Manitoba,
northeastern Montana and northwestern North Dakota.
Similar Points:
137
Athapaskan
137
Athapaskan
137
Athapaskan
Athapaskan Side Notch, Cut Bank, Cayley, Cluny, Irvine, Kamloops, Nanton, Paskapoo, Pekisko, Plains Side Notch, Prairie Side Notch, Stott, Tompkins Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Cultural Type
Peck is a distinguished anthropologist who has conducted extensive
excavations and studies on the archaeology of Alberta. Ives is a
distinguished anthropologist and serves as Director for the Institute of
Prairie Archaeology at the University of Alberta. This type was
defined in a professional publication and has several references. This
is considered a cultural type.
.
Age Details:
These points are found in association with
Mortlach group pottery in southwestern Saskatchewan (Peck, 2011)
Pictures Provided By:
Courtesy Trevor Peck of
Archaeological Survey Historic Resources Management Branch, Government of
Alberta
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
197
Mortlach Projectile Point, Mortlach Arrowhead
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