Arrowhead type
Coquille Narrow Neck Point
Coquille Narrow NeckCoastal Contracting Stem Cluster2,200 - 700 B.P.Transitional Archaic to DevelopmentalKey facts
- Age
- 2,200 - 700 B.P.
- Cultural period
- Transitional Archaic to Developmental
- Size
- Small
- Shape
- Contracting Stem to Straight Stem
- Glacial period
- Roman to Medieval Warm
More from the Archaic, Developmental periods
Description
This triangular point exhibits a distinctive morphology, characterized by a contracting stem and an elliptical profile. The blade's curvature can range from straight to subtly convex, often featuring serrations along its edge. The shoulders display variability, spanning from slightly barbed to horizontal, and in some cases, rounding out to a more subdued or weakly defined form. The stem tapers inward, terminating in a base with a pronounced convexity. The flaking pattern on this point is notably irregular, lacking a discernible order or orientation, and is thus classified as random.
Size
The dimensions of the arrowheads are as follows: overall length ranges from 24 to 58 mm, while the stem measures between 7 and 11 mm in length, and the blade width spans from 12 to 21 mm.
Distribution
This type is mainly discovered in the Coquille River area of southwest Oregon and extending into northern California
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Additional information
More information needed.
Identified by
- Named by
- Thomas J. Connelly
- Year
- 1986
- Type site
- Standly Site, Oregon
Similar types
Types that are easy to confuse with the Coquille Narrow Neck point.
- Calapooya
- Gatecliff
- Gold Hill
- Rabbit Island
- Rose Springs
- Shasta
- Sierra Contracting
Other types in the Coastal Contracting Stem Cluster
- Ano Nuevo
- Channel Islands Barbed
- Copsey
- Coquille Knife
- Coquille Broadneck
- Excelsior
- Houx Contracting Stem
- Point Sal Barbed
- Vandenberg Contracting Stem