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Name Details:
Named By: Jim Hogue
Named For: Sauvies Island, Oregon
Date Identified:
Type Site:
Sauvies Island Shoulder Notch
(Collector Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,750 - 400 B.P.
Transitional Archaic to Classic
Roman Warm to
Medieval
Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium
triangular stemmed point with a flattened to elliptical cross section. The blade varies from slightly excurvate to straight. There is a single notch on one or both blades. The notch enters the shoulder on one or both shoulders. When the notch enters higher on the blade above the
shoulder, this would be the Hafting Notch type. The shoulders are most commonly slightly barbed, but may range to horizontal. The stem varies form slightly contracting to slightly expanding. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 16 to 51 mm,
Stem Length - 4 to 7 mm, Blade Width - 12 to 26 mm, Stem Width - 3 to 7 mm, Thickness - 3 to 5 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily associated with the coastal regions of the Portland Basin and down the Oregon Coastal region to the Umpqua River in Douglas County, Oregon. This
point is also found in the lower Columbia River Valley.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
These are Rabbit Island and Wallula Gap type points that have been notched on the shoulder.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Collector Type
Hogue is an avocational archaeologist who has conducted research into the archaeology and
typology of projectile points throughout Oregon and Washington. This type was named in Overstreet's Price Guide and has many collector type references. This type has no professional references. This
is considered a collector type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
5, 23
Sauvie's Island Shoulder Notch Projectile Point, Sauvie's Island Shoulder Notch Arrowhead
