Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: James E. Dixon
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 2011
Type Site: On Your Knees Cave (49-PET-208)
Identified By: James E. Dixon
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 2011
Type Site: On Your Knees Cave (49-PET-208)
Point Validity:
Provisional type
Dixon is a distinguished anthropologist and professor at the University of New Mexico. He has conducted extensive studies into the Arctic archaeology. This type was identified at the On Your Knees Cave in southeastern Alaska. More information about this type is needed, it is considered a provisional type.
OYKC Stemmed
(On Your Knees Cave Stemmed)Provisional Type
Cluster: Northern Pacific Stemmed Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large triangular stemmed point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate. The shoulders are weak and at an upward angle with a stem that is long and ranges from parallel to slightly contracting. The base ranges from straight to slightly convex with rounded basal corners. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Data needed
Data needed
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
These points were found in association with Xil point at the main entrance of On Your Knees Cave (Dixon, 2011)
These points were found in association with Xil point at the main entrance of On Your Knees Cave (Dixon, 2011)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point was reported at On Your Knees cave. Full distribution is not known.
This point was reported at On Your Knees cave. Full distribution is not known.
Age / Periods:
Date: 10,600 - 8,000 B.P.
Cultural Period:Late Paleo to Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene
Culture:
Date: 10,600 - 8,000 B.P.
Cultural Period:Late Paleo to Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Xil
Xil
