Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Frank J. Soday (Fluted)
Robert E. Bell (Un-Fluted)
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1954 / 1960
Type Site: Quad Site, Limestone County, Alabama
Identified By: Frank J. Soday (Fluted)
Robert E. Bell (Un-Fluted)
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1954 / 1960
Type Site: Quad Site, Limestone County, Alabama
Point Validity:
Valid type
Soday was a well-respected archaeologist conducted numerous surveys and excavations and is well published. He served as the president of the Alabama Archaeological Society. Bell was a professor of anthropology and Museum Curator in Oklahoma and did extensive work at the Spiro Mounds. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Soday was a well-respected archaeologist conducted numerous surveys and excavations and is well published. He served as the president of the Alabama Archaeological Society. Bell was a professor of anthropology and Museum Curator in Oklahoma and did extensive work at the Spiro Mounds. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Mendocino Concave Base
Cluster: Humboldt Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thick medium lanceolate point with an elliptical cross section. The blade has a excurvate shape. The base is concaved to notched. The classic flaking pattern is oblique transverse, but also may have a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 23 to 75 mm (average 35 to 45 mm), Max Blade Width - 11 to 43 mm, Basal Width - Slightly narrower than blade, Basal Concavity - 3 to 6 mm, Thickness - 6 to 10 mm
Total Length - 23 to 75 mm (average 35 to 45 mm), Max Blade Width - 11 to 43 mm, Basal Width - Slightly narrower than blade, Basal Concavity - 3 to 6 mm, Thickness - 6 to 10 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Thought to be a northwestern California variant of the Humboldt point (Justice, 2002).
These points have been found with and confused with Albion Head points and preforms. These points are thicker and larger with a deep concave compared to shallow notched Albion Head points and preforms (Justice, 2002).
This point is considered to be a variant of the Humboldt point. The Humboldt type has a Great Basin distribution while this point has a central and coastal California distribution. It has been suggested that the Mendocino Concave and the Humboldt may represent the same type.
Thought to be a northwestern California variant of the Humboldt point (Justice, 2002).
These points have been found with and confused with Albion Head points and preforms. These points are thicker and larger with a deep concave compared to shallow notched Albion Head points and preforms (Justice, 2002).
This point is considered to be a variant of the Humboldt point. The Humboldt type has a Great Basin distribution while this point has a central and coastal California distribution. It has been suggested that the Mendocino Concave and the Humboldt may represent the same type.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the northern coastal regions of California (red). This point is considered a regional variant, or possibly the same type, of the Humboldt point which has a Great Basin distribution (yellow)
This point is primarily found in the northern coastal regions of California (red). This point is considered a regional variant, or possibly the same type, of the Humboldt point which has a Great Basin distribution (yellow)
Age / Periods:
Date: 5,000 - 2,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
Culture:
Date: 5,000 - 2,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
Culture:
Age Details:
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Buchanan Eared, Humboldt Constricting Base, Humboldt Basal Notched, Humboldt, Humboldt Expanding Base
Buchanan Eared, Humboldt Constricting Base, Humboldt Basal Notched, Humboldt, Humboldt Expanding Base
