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Name Details:
Named By: Thomas Kehoe
Named For:
Date Identified: 1966
Type Site:
Tompkins Side-Corner Notch
Prairie Side Notch Variant
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,200 - 800 B.P.
Developmental
Medieval Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small triangular side - corner notch point with a flattened cross section. The blade may range from straight to excurvate. One notch is a side notch with a
horizontal shoulder and an expanded stem while the other notch is a corner notch with a horizontal to slightly barbed shoulder and an expanding stem. The base may vary from horizontal to slightly convex and
is commonly ground. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Length - 11
to 41 mm (22.1 mm mean), Width - 9 to 22 mm (14.1 mm mean), Thickness - 2 to
8 mm (3 mm mean)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is associated with nomadic bison hunters of the plains and prairie region. This point is found from 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. Most commonly associated with points in Canada and into Montana and North and South Dakota.
Similar Points:
Avonlea, Cayley, Cluny,
Cut Bank, High River, Irvine, Mortlach, Pekisko, Paskapoo, Prairie Side Notch, Plains Side Notch, Swift Current Additional Comments:
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Kehoe is a professional
anthropologist 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. This type
was named in a professional publication. There are limited professional references, this may be due to most of these points are typed as Plains Side Notch and not broken down into the variants. This is
considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30
Tompkins Projectile Point, Tompkins Arrowhead
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