Name Details:
Named By: Ernest
"Skip" Lohse
Named For:
Nespelem Bar, Washington
Date Identified:
1985
Type Site:
Plateau Side Notch
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,500 - 200 B.P.
Prehistoric to Historic
Medieval Warm to Little Ice Age
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Phase:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small side notch triangular
point with a flattened elliptical cross section. The blade is
straight with horizontal shoulders and an expanded base. The base
may vary from straight to concave. Rarely there may be a spur on
one or both basal corners. This point has a random flaking
pattern.
Size Measurements: Data
needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found on the Columbia Plateau of Washington and
into Oregon and Idaho.
Similar Points:
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
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:
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
202, 207
Plateau Side Notch Projectile Point, Plateau Side Notch Arrowhead
