Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Martin A. Baumhoff
Named For:
Date Identified: 1957
Type Site: Kingsley Cave and Payne Cave
Identified By: Martin A. Baumhoff
Named For:
Date Identified: 1957
Type Site: Kingsley Cave and Payne Cave
Point Validity:
Valid type
Shasta Complex
AKA: Yana (Smith, 1984) Cluster: Gunther Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium triangular contracting stem with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate, but may vary to straight on smaller examples. The shoulders are at an upward angle and rounded. The stem is short, broad, and contracting. The base varies from convex to straight bases. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 18 to 34 mm, Stem Length - 4 to 9 mm, Blade Width - 14 to 22 mm, Stem Width at Shoulders - 4 to 8 mm
Total Length - 18 to 34 mm, Stem Length - 4 to 9 mm, Blade Width - 14 to 22 mm, Stem Width at Shoulders - 4 to 8 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Ishi was considered last of the Yana (Yahi ) people based on his language. Research on projectile points show that the points he made were Wintu points and not Yana points which lead many to believe that he was at least one half Wintu (MS Shackley, 2000).
Baumhoff identified points from the Yana territory based on excavations of Kingsley Cave (1955) and Payne Cave (1957). He identified small Desert type points he called Redding Complex points (commonly associated with the Winitu culture from the same region), and contracting stem points he called Shasta Complex point which are now considered part of the Gunther Barbed complex.
Ishi was considered last of the Yana (Yahi ) people based on his language. Research on projectile points show that the points he made were Wintu points and not Yana points which lead many to believe that he was at least one half Wintu (MS Shackley, 2000).
Baumhoff identified points from the Yana territory based on excavations of Kingsley Cave (1955) and Payne Cave (1957). He identified small Desert type points he called Redding Complex points (commonly associated with the Winitu culture from the same region), and contracting stem points he called Shasta Complex point which are now considered part of the Gunther Barbed complex.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the northern Sierra Nevada's of California, Nevada, and Oregon.
This point is primarily found in the northern Sierra Nevada's of California, Nevada, and Oregon.
Age / Periods:
Date: 1,500 - 400 B.P.
Cultural Period: Developmental to Historic
Glacial Period: Vandal Minimum to Little Ice Age
Culture: Yana Culture
Date: 1,500 - 400 B.P.
Cultural Period: Developmental to Historic
Glacial Period: Vandal Minimum to Little Ice Age
Culture: Yana Culture
Age Details:
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Gunther Barbed
Gunther Barbed
