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Name Details:
Identified By: Thomas Kehoe
Named For: City in Montana
Date Identified: 1966
Type Site:
Identified By: Thomas Kehoe
Named For: City in Montana
Date Identified: 1966
Type Site:
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Valid type
Kehoe is a professional anthropologist who worked extensively on archeology of Montana and served as both a professor and curator at the Museum of the Plains Indian at Browning Montana. This type was named in a professional publication. There are limited professional references, this may be due to most of these points are typed as Plains Side Notch and not broken down into the variants. This is considered a valid type.
Kehoe is a professional anthropologist who worked extensively on archeology of Montana and served as both a professor and curator at the Museum of the Plains Indian at Browning Montana. This type was named in a professional publication. There are limited professional references, this may be due to most of these points are typed as Plains Side Notch and not broken down into the variants. This is considered a valid type.
Billings Double Spur Basal Notch
(Plains Side Notch Variant)Cluster: Plains Side Notch Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small isosceles or equilateral triangular side notch point with a flattened cross section. The blade is primarily straight, but may vary to slightly excurvate. Many examples are finely serrated. Parallel notches are well below the mid-point and are narrow and deep. The shoulders are horizontal with an expanded stem. The basal edges are commonly squared with a straight to slightly concave base with a center basal notch. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Length - 10 to 34 mm (20.6 mm mean), Width - 9 to 18 mm (14.2 mm mean), Thickness - 2 to 7 mm (2.6 mm mean)
Length - 10 to 34 mm (20.6 mm mean), Width - 9 to 18 mm (14.2 mm mean), Thickness - 2 to 7 mm (2.6 mm mean)
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
This is similar to the Desert Sierra that is found in the Great Basin and into the Colorado Plateau. The boundaries of the Desert Sierra extend into Wyoming, but does not extend into Montana.
Plains Side Notch variants as described by Kehoe (as illustrated 1966)
1. Plains Side Notch (Primary type) 2. Billings, 3. Buffalo Gap, 4. Cut Bank, 5. Emigrant, 6. Paskapoo, 7. Pekisko, 8. Washita
This is similar to the Desert Sierra that is found in the Great Basin and into the Colorado Plateau. The boundaries of the Desert Sierra extend into Wyoming, but does not extend into Montana.
Plains Side Notch variants as described by Kehoe (as illustrated 1966)
1. Plains Side Notch (Primary type) 2. Billings, 3. Buffalo Gap, 4. Cut Bank, 5. Emigrant, 6. Paskapoo, 7. Pekisko, 8. Washita Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in central to northern Montana and into North Dakota, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.
This point is primarily found in central to northern Montana and into North Dakota, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.
Age / Periods:
Date: 300 - 200 B.P.
Cultural Period: Historic
Glacial Period: Little Ice Age
Culture:
Date: 300 - 200 B.P.
Cultural Period: Historic
Glacial Period: Little Ice Age
Culture:
Age Details:
