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Name Details:
Named By: Brian Reeves
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1978
Type Site: Mummy Cave (48-PA-210), Park County, Wyoming
Mummy Cave
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
7,500 - 5,000 B.P.
Early to
Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene
Mummy Cave Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate. The shoulders are primarily horizontal, but may range
from slightly barbed to having a slight upward angle. The stem is expanding with a stem that varies from straight to slightly convex. with rounded basal corners. This point has a random flaking
pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in northern Idaho, northwestern Wyoming, western Montana, and into southern Alberta, southeastern British Columbia, and southern Saskatchewan.
Additional Comments:
This is a Middle Archaic point that is associated with the Bitterroot Complex that was identified from the Mummy Cave site. There is another point (collector's type ?) that is smaller and associated with
the Shoshone culture that is also called Mummy Cave and was first identified from the same Mummy Cave site.
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Point Validity: Valid Type
Reeves is a distinguished anthropologist and professor for the Department of Anthropology at the University of Calgary. 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:
Pictures Provided By:
Alicia Gervin
As Illustrated by Epp and Dyck, 1983
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
103, 104
Mummy Cave Projectile Point, Mummy Cave Arrowhead
