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Name Details:
Named By: Jack Marwitt
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1969
Type Site: Parowan Village Site, Iron County, Utah
Parowan
Cluster: Rosegate Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Locally avaliable agates, cherts, and obsidian
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,150 - 950 B.P.
Late Prehistory - Developmental
Medieval Warm
Parowan Fremont and Virgin River Anasazi Cultures
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is
a small to medium triangular basal notch point with a flattened to elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from slightly expanding to straight. Re-sharpened examples may have a slightly incurvate blade. Fine serrations are commonly seen on the blade. The
shoulders are barbed with rounded to pointed terminations. Notches enter the base of the point and may vary from a narrow notch with parallel sides to having a wide
U-shaped, but notches are usually shallow. The stem is usually slightly contracting to straight, but some examples have had slightly expanding stems. The base is may range from straight to slightly convex. This point
is made using pressure flaking forming a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 19 to
79 mm (average 27 to 32 mm), Stem Length - 2 to 6 mm, Blade
Width - 17 to 32 mm, Stem Width at Shoulders - 6 to 13 mm,
Thickness - 3 to 5 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the the
Fremont cultural regions of the Virgin, Parowan, and Sevier River drainages. This point is found with decreased frequency into the Colorado River Valley and into the eastern
Mojave Desert.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
This point is thought to have evolved from the Eastgate technology. However, Eastgate points have a limited distribution within the same distributions as the Parowan points. These points may represent a
regional variation of the Eastgate type points. The Parowan points tend to have wider shallower notches than are commonly seen on the Eastgate points. (Justice, 2002).
Point Validity: Valid Type
Marwitt is an anthropologist and professor for the Department of Anthropology at the
University of Utah. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Perino, 1971
Cassie Hunt
Jordan Lammert
Western Artifacts
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
16, 23, 30, 180
Parowan Projectile Point, Parowan Arrowhead
