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Name Details:
Named By:
Named For: Shape
Date Identified:
Type Site:
Triangular Knife
(Collector Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,500 - 2,300 B.P.
Late Archaic
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin medium to large triangular knife with a flattened cross section. The blade is commonly asymmetrical and may vary from slightly excurvate to incurvate, The
base ranges from slightly convex to straight. This knife has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 30 to
90 mm, Blade Width - 18 to 41 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the desert southwestern region of Arizona, New Mexico, and into the Great Basin of Utah, Nevada, and
California.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Collector Type
The named of this point is not known. Collector sources commonly reference this type
as a triangular knife that is thought to have been hafted horizontally. There are no professional references to this type. This is considered a collector type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Jordan Lammert
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
30
Triangular Knife
