Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: George C. Fraison
Named For: Type site county in Wyoming
Date Identified: 1988
Type Site: Hell Gap Complex Site, Goshen County, Wyoming
Identified By: George C. Fraison
Named For: Type site county in Wyoming
Date Identified: 1988
Type Site: Hell Gap Complex Site, Goshen County, Wyoming
Point Validity:
Valid type
Fraison is a prominent anthropologist who has severed as Head for the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wyoming, served on the Board of Regents for the Smithsonian Institute, and President for the Society for American Archaeology. Fraison is an expert on the Paleo cultural period and has received the Palo-archaeologist of the Century award. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Fraison is a prominent anthropologist who has severed as Head for the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wyoming, served on the Board of Regents for the Smithsonian Institute, and President for the Society for American Archaeology. Fraison is an expert on the Paleo cultural period and has received the Palo-archaeologist of the Century award. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Goshen Lanceolate
Cluster: Plano Lanceolate Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium auriculate lanceolate point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with the tip curving in, becoming almost parallel towards the mid-point, and slightly curving back in towards the base. The base may vary from slightly concave to concave with basal thinning commonly seen. Basal corner may range from rounded to sharp. This point is not fluted, but has basal thinning and hafting region grinding. These points are well flaked and exhibit fine pressure flaking and edge retouching forming a flaking pattern that may range from oblique to horizontal transverse.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 50 to 110 mm, Width - 20 to 30 mm
Total Length - 50 to 110 mm, Width - 20 to 30 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Frison (1991) states that “Goshen projectile points are technologically and morphologically neither Clovis nor Folsom but do retain some characteristics of both”.
Radiocarbon dating at the The Mill Iron Site suggest that the Goshen occupation at the Mill Iron Site averages just over 11,000 years BP to just under 11,000 years BP. This suggest that the Goshen complex was contemporaneous with Clovis and possibly extended into the earliest part of Folsom times (Frison 1991).
Frison (1991) states that “Goshen projectile points are technologically and morphologically neither Clovis nor Folsom but do retain some characteristics of both”.
Radiocarbon dating at the The Mill Iron Site suggest that the Goshen occupation at the Mill Iron Site averages just over 11,000 years BP to just under 11,000 years BP. This suggest that the Goshen complex was contemporaneous with Clovis and possibly extended into the earliest part of Folsom times (Frison 1991).
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the from the Northern to Southern Plains of Canada, United States, and into Mexico. This point has been reported into the adjacent regions with decreased frequency.
This point is primarily found in the from the Northern to Southern Plains of Canada, United States, and into Mexico. This point has been reported into the adjacent regions with decreased frequency.
Age / Periods:
Date: 11,500 - 10,800 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Paleo
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene
Culture:
Date: 11,500 - 10,800 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Paleo
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene
Culture:
Age Details:
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Agate Basin, Arkabutla, Belen, Browns Valley, Hell Gap, Midland, Milnesand, Plainview
Agate Basin, Arkabutla, Belen, Browns Valley, Hell Gap, Midland, Milnesand, Plainview
