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Name Details:
Named By: Douglas
Anderson
Named For: Site
/ Complex
Date Identified: 1968
Type Site: Onion Portage, Alaska
Portage
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
4,600 - 4,200 B.P.
Archaic Cultural Traditions
Portage Complex
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 straight.
The shoulders sit high on the blade and may vary from having an upward
angle to being absent. The stem is long and contracting with
rounded basal corners. The base is straight to slightly convex.
This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurement: Data needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is reported in Alaska in regions associated with the
Portage Complex.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
The Portage complex is marked by the introduction of projectile points with
high shoulders and contracting stem. The Portage Complex is
characterized by the northward movement of natives into the forest
regions which took place during a warming spell. (Hughes
(U.S. Department of the Interior) 1975).
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Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Anderson is a distinguished anthropologist who
conducted extensive studies into the Artic Anthropology. He identified
the Portage Complex in his Ph.D dissertation. These points are used to
help identify Portage Complex period sites, but the name is rarely used
professionally. This is considered a valid type.
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, W21
Portage Projectile Point, Portage Arrowhead
