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Name Details:
Named By: Robert C. Elson, Jonathan O. Davis, Alan Leventhal and Cameron Covington
Named For: Steamboat Hot Springs, Washoe County, Nevada
Date Identified: 1977
Type Site: Multiple sites, Tahoe Reach, Truckee River, Nevada
Steamboat Lanceolate
Cluster: Sierra Contracting Stem Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
4,500 - 1,500 B.P.
Late to Transitional Archaic
Neoglacial to Little Ice Age
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a narrow medium to large ovoid lanceolate with an elliptical to flattened cross section. The blade is excurvate. The blade curves out towards the tip and curves back in at the base. The widest portion of
the blade is one third to one half the way from the base. The blade may be serrated. The base may vary from pointed, convex
or straight. Grinding of the hafting region may be seen on this point. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 56 to
97 mm, Blade Width - 23 to 31 mm, Thickness - 4 to 7 mm
(***based on small sample size***)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point has a heavy concentration in the Reno and Lake Tahoe region. This point is primarily found in the central Sierra Nevada range, the foothills to the west, and into
Humboldt Lakebed in the east.
Additional Comments:
These points are commonly found at sites with Sierra Contracting Stem points (Justice, 2002).
Point Validity: Valid Type
Dincauze is a renowned anthropologist who has specialized in prehistoric archeology of eastern and central New England and was a professor at the UMass Amherst. This point was named in her book on the Atlantic Phase culture and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
16, 23, 30
Steamboat Projectile Point, Steamboat Arrowhead
