Name Details:
Named By:
W. Henn
Named For:
Type Site
Date Identified: 1978
Type Site: Ugashik Narrows and Graveyard Point,
Alaska
Ugashik
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
Glacial Period:
Culture:
5,700 - 4,500 B.P.
Northern Artic Tradition
Ugashik Knoll Complex
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium triangular expanding stemmed point with an
elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate commonly
curving back in just above the shoulders. The stem may vary
from straight to expanding. The base is slightly convex with
rounded basal corners. This point commonly crudely made and
has a random flaking pattern.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found on the Alaskan
Peninsula and the surrounding region. Collector sources place this
point found as far as Kotzebue Bay.
Related / Associated Points:
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity:
Hen is an anthropologist who conducted studies into the Ugashik Narrows and
the Graveyard Point sites. He identified the Ugashik Knolls Complex
and this point is named after that complex.
Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, W21, 138
Ugashik Projectile Point, Ugashik Arrowhead
