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Name Details:
Named By: Ray Snyder and Jim Hogue
Named For: Shaniko, Wasco County, Oregon
Date Identified: 2000
Type Site:
Shaniko Stemmed
(Collector Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,500 - 2,300 B.P.
Late to Transitional Archaic
Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular
stemmed point with a flattened to elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate. The shoulders may vary from
having an upward angle to being slightly barbed. The stem varies from slightly contracting to slightly expanding. The base
ranges from straight to slightly convex. Basal grinding and thinning is commonly seen on this point. The flaking pattern
varies from random to parallel oblique.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 30 to 67 mm,
Stem Length - 6 to 12 mm, Blade Width - 18 to 29 mm, Stem
Width - 11 to 18 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Wasco County area of the mid Columbia River valley.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Collector Type
Snyder and Hogue are avocational archeologist who have named many projectile points from
the Columbia Plateau region. Many of the types were first identified and named in Overstreet's Price Guide. This type was first named in Indian Artifact Magazine, 2000, Vol 21. There has been no
professional references to this type. This is considered a collector type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
5, 23, 30
Shaniko Stemmed Projectile Point, Shaniko Stemmed Arrowhead
