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Name Details:
Named By: Thomas F. Kehoe
Named For: Swift Current River, Saskatchewan,
Canada
Date Identified: 1966
Type Site: Gull Lake Bison Kill Site Saskatchewan, Canada
Swift Current Fishtail
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,300 - 800 B.P.
Developmental
Vandal Minimum to Medieval Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a
thin small to medium side notch point with an elliptical to flattened cross section. The blade may range from straight to excurvate. This point has low parallel notches creating shoulders that may vary from horizontal to having a slightly upward angle. The stem may be
expanding or expanded. The base is concaved giving the point a "drooping ears" appearance. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 24
to 46 mm, Stem Length - 6 to 8 mm, Blade Width - 11 to
23 mm, Neck Width - 6 to 11 mm, Stem Width - 12 to 17
mm, Basal Concavity - 1 to 3 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in Saskatchewan and Alberta Canada and into Montana. This point may be found into the Plains States in the same distribution as the Avonlea type
point.
Additional Comments:
This type is through to have evolved from the Avonlea Carmichael variety (Kehoe, 1966). It is similar to that type, but has a deeper concave base and deeper, rounder, and wider notches
than commonly seen on the Avonlea type (Welmeth, 1975). Kehoe (1966) believes that this type evolved into the Plains Side Notch type.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Kehoe is a distinguished anthropologist
and archaeologist who worked extensively on archeology of Montana and served as both a professor and curator at the Museum of the Plains Indian at Browning Montana. He conducted extensive studies into the
archaeology of Saskatchewan and through-out the plains of Canada and the United States. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30
Swift Current Projectile Point, Swift Current Arrowhead
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