Name Details:
Named By:
Sheehan
Named For:
Type site
Date Identified: 1985
Type Site: Utkiavik site, Point Borrow, Alaska
Utkiavik
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
Glacial Period:
Culture:
2,700 - 200 B.P.
Norton Tradition
Eskimo, Yupik, Inupiat
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium triangular stemmed point. The blade
varies from excurvate to straight and may be serrated. The
shoulders range from horizontal to having an slight upward angle.
The stem is straight with a convex base and rounded basal corners.
This point has a random flaking pattern.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the
North Slope and into the Brooks Range.
Related / Associated Points:
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity:
Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, W21
Utkiavik Projectile Point, Utkiavik Arrowhead
