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Name Details:
Named By: James Benedict
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1970
Type Site: Albion Boardinghouse Site (5-BL-73), Boulder County, Colorado
Mount Albion
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
5,800 - 5,300 B.P.
Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene
Archaic Mountain Traditions
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium ovoid expanding stem point with a thick elliptical cross section. The blade is
broad and primarily excurvate with wide shallow notches. The shoulders are primarily horizontal with an expanding stem. The base is convex and has grinding on the hafting area. The flaking pattern may range from random to collateral.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 28 to
43 mm, Stem Length - 9 to 14 mm, Blade Width - 17 to 28 mm,
Neck Width - 13 to 19 mm, Stem Width - 14 to 21 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Primarily found in the higher altitude mountain
areas of the Colorado Plateau of Colorado and into the high mountainous regions of Utah and Wyoming. This point has been reported into the higher elevations of the Great Basin.
Additional Comments:
The diagnostics difference between the Mount Albion point and other Archaic Mountain Tradition points is the basal grinding on this point which is not seen on the other associated points.
Benedict states that this point may have evolved from earlier mountain lanceolate points.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Benedict was a distinguished geologist who was interested in the glacial
formations in the high altitudes of the Colorado Plateau. This lead to
his interest and subsequent forming the Center for Mountain 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:
Albion Boardinghouse Complex
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
32, 33, 34, 35
Mount Albion Projectile Point, Mount Albion Arrowhead
