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Name Details:
Named By: Roy
Carlson
Named For: Point
Characteristics
Date Identified:
2008
Type Site:
Slightly Stemmed Pentagonal
(Provisional Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
4,500 - 2,000 B.P.
Late Archaic
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium pentagonal stemmed point with a flattened cross section.
The blade is excurvate with the widest part of the blade being the
mid-point of the point. The blade curves back in towards the
shoulders. The shoulders are weak to absent and at an upward
angel. The stem is short and slightly contracting. The base varies from straight to slightly concave.
This point has a random flaking pattern.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point was reported in the southwestern Yukon and into British
Columbia and Alaska. The full distribution is not known.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
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Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Provisional 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. More research is needed on
this type. This is
considered a provisional type.
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Age Details:
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
48, 144, 201
Slightly Stemmed Pentagonal Projectile Point, Slightly Stemmed Pentagonal Arrowhead
