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Name Details:
Named By: Elisa H. Sellards
Named For: Town in New Mexico where these points were found.
Date Identified: 1955
Type Site: Multiple sites
(Milnesand locality), Roosevelt County, New Mexico
Milnesand
Cluster: Plano Lanceolate Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
11,000 - 9,000 B.P.
Late Paleo
Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a
thick medium (2 to 3 inches) lanceolate point. The cross section may range from elliptical to having a median ridge. The blade is
excurvate towards the tip and has parallel sides. The base is primarily straight to slightly convex. Basal thinning and tapering is common on this point which leaves
the base thinner than the tip. Heavy
lateral edge grinding is seen up to half way up the blade. This point has fine pressure flaking forming a horizontal or parallel transverse flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length -
32to 89 mm (average 64 mm), Blade Width - 20 to 30 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily in the southern Plains region and into the Llano Estacado of western Texas. This point has been found into the mid Pecos region and to the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains.
Wormington (1957) infrequently reported this point into the Missouri River basin of Iowa and into the mid Mississippi River Valley
and also into Alaska. Mesa and Sluciway points in Alaska are
similar and may have been mistaken for Milnesand points.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
These points are similar to Midland points, but
they are thicker and longer than Midland type points. This is a thick point with a width to thickness ratio of 3:1 (Waldorf and Waldorf, 1987).
Point Validity: Valid Type
Sellards was a paleontologist who
became interested in the fossil remains of the Berclair Terrace in Bee County Texas. He conducted many excavations and became influential in Texas archaeology. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
8,
23, 30, 39, 168, 177, 215, W2
Milnesand Projectile Point, Milnesand Arrowhead
