Outline is Representative of Size and Shape: 
Name Details:
Identified By: Charles Amsden
Named For: The Pleistocene lake in southern California
Date Identified: 1937
Type Site: Lake Mohave Site
Identified By: Charles Amsden
Named For: The Pleistocene lake in southern California
Date Identified: 1937
Type Site: Lake Mohave Site
Point Validity:
Valid type
Amsden was a distinguished anthropologist who began his work in archeology at the Southwestern Museum in Los Angles. He specialized in southwestern archaeology, specifically the Pueblo and Basketmaker. He named this type in a professional publication and it has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Amsden was a distinguished anthropologist who began his work in archeology at the Southwestern Museum in Los Angles. He specialized in southwestern archaeology, specifically the Pueblo and Basketmaker. He named this type in a professional publication and it has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Silver Lake Stemmed
Cluster: Great Basin Stemmed Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium lanceolate point with a contracting stem. The cross section is elliptical. The blade is primarily excurvate to straight and commonly short and stubby. The shoulders are weak to absent and at an upward slope. The stem is contracting. The stem is shorter and may have a more bulbous appearance than the Lake Mohave point. Some examples may have slight weak indentions in the stem and may give a slight side notch appearance. The base is convex. The hafting region has heavy grinding, thinning may be seen on the stem, but basal thinning is not present on this point. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 26 to 66 mm, Stem Length - 15 to 28 mm (typically 1/3 to no more than 1/2 the total length), Blade Width - 21 to 37 mm, Stem Width - 14 to 22 mm, Thickness - 6 to 11 mm
Total Length - 26 to 66 mm, Stem Length - 15 to 28 mm (typically 1/3 to no more than 1/2 the total length), Blade Width - 21 to 37 mm, Stem Width - 14 to 22 mm, Thickness - 6 to 11 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Amsden differentiates the Lake Mojave from the Silver Lake type by:
Lake Mojave
1. Long tapering stem;
2. Slight (narrow) shoulders (if present);
3. Generally diamond-shaped with longer stem than blade; and
4. Varies in form between an oval form on one hand and diamond on the other.
By contrast, the Silver Lake type exhibits:
1. Greater definition of shoulder than the Lake Mojave type;
2. A shorter stem than the Lake Mojave type, never more than one-half the length and usually about one third of the length; and
3. Convex base.
Amsden differentiates the Lake Mojave from the Silver Lake type by:
Lake Mojave
1. Long tapering stem;
2. Slight (narrow) shoulders (if present);
3. Generally diamond-shaped with longer stem than blade; and
4. Varies in form between an oval form on one hand and diamond on the other.
By contrast, the Silver Lake type exhibits:
1. Greater definition of shoulder than the Lake Mojave type;
2. A shorter stem than the Lake Mojave type, never more than one-half the length and usually about one third of the length; and
3. Convex base.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point has a similar distribution to the Lake Mohave point, except they are more heavily concentrated towards southern California and the southern region of the Great Basin. This point is found into northern Baja California, at the La Play site in Sonora, and northern Chihuahua, Mexico.
This point has a similar distribution to the Lake Mohave point, except they are more heavily concentrated towards southern California and the southern region of the Great Basin. This point is found into northern Baja California, at the La Play site in Sonora, and northern Chihuahua, Mexico.
Age / Periods:
Date: 11,000 - 7,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene
Culture:Western Stemmed Tradition
Date: 11,000 - 7,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene
Culture:Western Stemmed Tradition
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Borax Lake, Haskett, Hell Gap, Hidalgo, Lind Coulee, Parman, Windust, Shaniko, Stanislaus
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