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Name Details:
Named By: Wilford M. Husted
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1969
Type Site: Lovell Site, Wyoming
Lovell
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
9,350 - 7,500 B.P.
Transitional Paleo
Early Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium lanceolate
point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate (curving in at the tip and curving back in at the base), to recurvate (curving in at the tip,
constricting in at the waist, and flaring back out at the base).
The edge outline commonly gives the point a stemmed appearance The base is concave. This point
is crudely flaked with a parallel to oblique
or random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 37 to
104 mm (average 48 to 61 mm), Blade Width - 15 to 33 mm.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the northern Plains States.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
These points are similar to the Pryor Stemmed point, but lack the beveling that is commonly seen on the Pryor point (Pitblado, 2003).
There is some great information on this type and
other examples at "Red River
Plano" by Leo Pettipas
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Husted was a respected
archaeologist who serves as Archaeologist for the National Park Service and published research on Mummy Cave. This point was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Granger and Ireland, 1986
DeWayne Rosenlund
Andrew Fallak
Western Artifacts
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 55, 176
Lovell Projectile Point, Lovell Arrowhead
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