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Name Details:
Named By: Ron King and Gary Berg
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1973
Type Site: The Mostin site (LAK 380 / 381), Lake County, California (site named for avocational archaeologist Jerry Mostin)
Mostin Pentagonal
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
7,600 - 5,000 B.P.
Early to Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is
a medium pentagonal point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from straight to excurvate. The stem is straight with a straight base. Basal thinning and
grinding are present on this point. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 32 to
54 mm, Width - 15 to 26 mm, Thickness - 6 to 10 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the North Coastal Ranges of California and the Clear Lake Basin. This point may also be found into the Sierra Nevada and into the Mohave Desert
and surrounding areas.
Additional Comments:
It has been suggested that this is a Borax lake point that has been re-sharpened to the point where the shoulders are missing and the blade is to the point of exhaustion. It has
been argued that the Borax Wide Stem, Borax Lake Narrow stem, Mostin Pentagonal, and ovate forms were all used for specific purposes and that these were not various stages of the same type, but unique types that were
all used and represent pristine forms (Justice, 2002).
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
As illustrated by Justice, 2002
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
16, 30
Mostin Pentagonal Projectile Point, Mostin Pentagonal Arrowhead
