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Name Details:
Named By: Ernest
"Skip" Lohse
Named For:
Nespelem Bar, Washington
Date Identified:
1985
Type Site: 45-OK-11,
Chief Joseph Dam Site, Washington
Nespelem Bar
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
4,400 - 2,500 B.P.
Late Archaic
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular contracting stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may range from excurvate to recurvate, curving in at the tip and
flaring out at the shoulders. The shoulders
are at an upward angle with a contracting stem. The base is convex. This
point has a random flaking
pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 25 to 62 mm, Stem Length
- 6 to 10 mm, Blade Width - 16 to 21 mm (18 mm average),
Thickness - 5 to 8 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is associated with the lower to
middle Columbia River Valley of Washington and Oregon. This point has been reported into north-western Idaho and into British Columbia
within the upper Columbia River Basin.
Additional Comments:
This type was
originally included in the Rabbit Island type as defined by Crabtree.
Loshe re-define this type in 1985 separating the older triangular darts
(Rabbit Island Type A) and the newer stemmed arrow points (Rabbit Island
Type B). He divided the Type A points into two groups, those with
shoulders and those lacking shoulders. Rabbit Island points without
shoulders were typed as Nespelem Bar points.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Lohse is an anthropologist and professor for the Department of Anthropology, Idaho State University. He has conducted extensive studies into the archaeology throughout Idaho and the Columbia Plateau. This
type was name din a professional publication and is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Tucker Stefan
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
174
Nespelem Bar Projectile Point, Nespelem Bar Arrowhead
