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Name Details:
Named By: Roy
Carlson
Named For: Salish
Culture
Date Identified:
2011
Type Site:
Salish Stemmed
AKA: XIII (Croes, 2011)
Cultural Type
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,800 - 400 B.P.
Pre-historic to Historic
Roman Warm to Modern Times
Salish Culture
Post-Marpole phase
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Phase:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small triangular stemmed point with a flattened cross
section. The blade ranges from slightly excurvate to straight.
The shoulders may range from horizontal to barbed. The stem varies
from parallel with a square stem to contracting with a convex base.
This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Length - 22 to 52 mm (average 31 to 34 mm),
Width - 11 to 30 mm (average 15 to 20 mm), Thickness - 1.5 to 8 mm
(average 2 to 4 mm)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is found in southwestern British Columbia and northwestern
Washington in Salish cultural regions.
Additional Comments:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Cultural Type
Carlson is a distinguished anthropologist and professor for the Department
of Anthropology, University of Washington. Carlson has conducted extensive
studies into the archaeology of Canada. This point was identified in a
professional publication. Currently only two examples have been recovered
from the southwestern Yukon ice patches. This is
considered a cultural type.
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Age Details:
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
202
Taye Projectile Point, Taye Arrowhead
