Assessing Typology of Pre-Mazama Corner-Notched Points in the Great Basin

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Some researchers support a “long” chronology for corner-notched points in the northern and eastern Great Basin, with some points dating as old as 8500 cal BP. Other researchers support a “short” chronology and argue that corner-notched points almost exclusively postdate 5000 cal BP. This debate suffers from the use of a variety of typological schemes, potential regional variability, and a lack of buried sites. In this paper we present new data for corner-notched projectile points from well-stratified and dated contexts at the Connley Caves, Oregon. Additionally, we incorporate the typological analysis of both pre- and post-Mazama points from other localities across the northern and eastern Great Basin. This project considers the significance of these data within the broader context of early and middle Holocene projectile technology in the region.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36270.0