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Named By:  Emma Davis, Clark Brott, and D. Weide
Named For:  Type Site
Date Identified:  1969
Type Site: Pamamint Site (Iny-20), Inyo County, California
 Panamint Stemmed
Cluster: Great Basin Stemmed Cluster







Commonly Utilized Material:
Basalt, Obsidian, Chert

Date:                   
Cultural Period:   
11,680 - 9,940 B.P.
Transitional Paleo
Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene

Glacial Period:
Culture:
     
      


Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:



Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:

This is a medium to large triangular knife with an elliptical cross section.  The blade is excurvate.  The shoulders range from having an upward angle to being absent.  The stem is long usually making up 30 to 50 percent of the total length, with straight edges.  The base is primarily convex with rounded basal corners.  This point has a random flaking pattern.

Size Measurements:  Total Length - 60 to 200 mm,  Blade Width - 30 to 60 mm,  Thickness - 10 to 30 mm

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

This point is primarily found in the dry lake areas of central California and into central Nevada.  Distribution may extend through-out the Great Basin.

Similar Points:
Borax Lake, Cougar Mountain, Haskett, Hell Gap, Lind Coulee, Parman, Silver Lake, Stanislaus, Windust
Related / Associated Points:
Crescent, Lake Mohave
Additional Comments:





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Other points in this Cluster:
Lake Mohave, Lind Coulee, Silver Lake
Point Validity:   Valid Type
Davis was a renowned anthropologist who served as the currator at the San Diego Museum of Man.  She specialized in the paleo period of the Great Basin.  Brott conducted studies through California and has written many article about California archaeology.  Weide is an anthropologist and professor for the Department of Anthropology,  in Sacramento and has conducted studies through-out California.  This point was named in a professional publication and has many professional references.  This is considered a valid type.




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Panamint Stemmed Projectile Point, Panamint Stemmed Arrowhead