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Name Details:
Named By: Alexander Gunkle
Named For: Spedis Valley, Dalles - Deschutes Region, Washington
Date Identified: 1961
Type Site: Type based on analysis of four sites in the Rocky Reach Reservoir are a of Washington.
Comment: The name has been attributed to the Spedis Owl (a petroglyph in Washington), but most likely it is named after the valley where the point was identified.
Spedis
(Collector Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
10,000 - 8,000 B.P.
Transitional Paleo to
Early Archaic
Early Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small to
medium lanceolate with an elliptical to flattened cross section. The blade varies from straight to excurvate. The
shoulders are weak to absent and at an upward angle. The stem is contracting. The base may range from slightly convex to
slightly concave. Basal grinding is commonly seen on this point. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 19 to
42 mm, Stem Length - 13 to 21 mm (typically 1/2 to 3/4 total
length), Blade Width - 12 to 19 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Columbia River Valley of Washington, Oregon, western Idaho and into southern British Columbia.
Similar Points:
Bliss, Cascade, Cottonwood, Cougar Mountain, Gold Hill, Haskett, Humboldt, Lind Coulee, Mahkin, Owl Cave, Parman, Pelly, Pryor, Wildcat Cave, Windust Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
This point may take on many different appearances. On examples with weak shoulders and a convex base may have a leaf shaped appearance. On examples with defined shoulders and a contracting
stem with a straight base will have a pentagonal appearance. Larger examples with weak shoulders and a straight to concave base may have a lanceolate appearance. Examples with prominent shoulders and a
contracting stem will have a contracting stem appearance. Regardless of the appearance, the hafting area is large on this type usually one third to two thirds total length of the point.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Collector Type
Gunkle was an archaeologist who conducted the River Basin Surveys, specifically the Rocky
Reach Reservoir survey. This type was named in that survey, but has had no professional references since that time. This type has many collector type references. This is considered a collector
type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
5, 23, 30, 52
Spedis Projectile Point, Spedis Arrowhead
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