Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Jerry Johnson (first identified) / John W. Doughtry (named)
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1990
Type Site: Sutter Site, Sutter County, California
Identified By: Jerry Johnson (first identified) / John W. Doughtry (named)
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1990
Type Site: Sutter Site, Sutter County, California
Point Validity:
Valid type
Johnson was an anthropologist and professor at California State University - Sacramento. He fist identified this type with his students at the excavation of the Sutter site. Doughtry is an archaeologist for a private research firm in California. He has conducted many studies into the archaeology of California. He named this type in his Master's thesis and it has many professional references. This is considered a valid variant of the Gunther type.
Johnson was an anthropologist and professor at California State University - Sacramento. He fist identified this type with his students at the excavation of the Sutter site. Doughtry is an archaeologist for a private research firm in California. He has conducted many studies into the archaeology of California. He named this type in his Master's thesis and it has many professional references. This is considered a valid variant of the Gunther type.
Sutter Contracting Stem
Gunther VariantCluster: Gunther Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small triangular contracting stem point with a flattened cross section. The blade is broad and straight, but may vary from slightly excurvate to slightly incurvate. Most examples are finely serrated. The shoulders have short barbs, generally not as long as the Gunther type. The stem is contracting and may range from short to long. This point commonly has a high quality of workmanship and has a random flaking pattern.
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point was named for examples in the Sacramento Valley and surrounding foothills where it is most common, but may be found through-out the distribution of the Gunther type.
This point was named for examples in the Sacramento Valley and surrounding foothills where it is most common, but may be found through-out the distribution of the Gunther type.
Age / Periods:
Date: 1,000 - 200 B.P.
Cultural Period: Developmental to Classic
Late Prehistoric to Historic
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene
Culture: Medieval Warm to Little Ice Age
Date: 1,000 - 200 B.P.
Cultural Period: Developmental to Classic
Late Prehistoric to Historic
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene
Culture: Medieval Warm to Little Ice Age
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Similar Points:
Alkali, Calapooya, Columbia Plateau, Eastgate, Parowan, Point Sal Barbed, Rabbit Island, Rattlesnake, Rose Springs, Wallula
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