Named By: Richard "Scotty" MacNeish
Named For:
Date Identified: 1954
Type Site: Stott Mound and Village, Manitoba, Canada
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Cultural Period:
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Developmental
Vandal Minimum to
Medieval Warm
This is a small triangular side notch point with an flattened cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate, but may vary to straight. Narrow V shaped notches enter the blade forming a shoulder that ranges from horizontal to having a slight upward angle. The stem is expanding with a convex base. The base is generally large in relation to the blade. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 15 to 35 mm, Stem Length - 5 to 13 mm, Blade Width - 10 to 21 mm, Neck Width - 9 to 17 mm, Stem Width - 12 to 22 mm (***based on small sample size***)
This point is associated with nomadic bison hunters of the plains and prairie region. This point is primarily associated with the plains of Saskatchewan and Alberta into the Plains of Montana, North and South Dakota. May be found into the plains region of Colorado, Nebraska and into Kansas.
Avonlea Carmichael, Avonlea Timber Ridge, Plains Side Notch (and variants), Plains Triangular, Prairie Side Notch
Dylan Kent
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MacNeish was a pioneering anthropologist who was most notable for his excavations and studies at Tamaulipas Mexico. This type has been references in professional publications and is considered a valid type.
This point is associated with the One Gun Phase of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and into Montana.