Pahaska Side Notch Arrowhead, Pahaska Side Notch Projectile Point
Name Details:
Named By: Wilford M. Husted
 Named For: Type Site
 Date Identified: 1969
 Type Site: Mummy Cave (48-PA-210), Park County, Wyoming


 Pahaska
AKA: Bitterroot Side Notch
 Cluster: Northern Side Notch Cluster









Commonly Utilized Material:

Date:                   
Cultural Period:    
Glacial Period:     
Culture:                    
7,000 - 6,500 B.P.
Early to Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene
    


Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:



Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:

This is a medium triangular side notch point with an elliptical cross section.  The blade ranges from slightly excurvate to straight.  Parallel to diagonal notches are generally narrow and may vary from shallow to deep with deep notch being the most common.  The shoulders are horizontal with an expanded stem.  The basal edges generally contract towards the base with rounded basal corners.  The base is generally straight, but may vary from slightly concave to slightly convex.  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.  These point may extend into the Dakotas, but more research is needed to place the distribution there.

Similar Points:
Bitterroot Side Notch
Related / Associated Points:
Bitterroot, Blackwater, Calderwood, Jensen, Maple Leaf, Mummy Cave, Pahaska, Salmon River Fishtail
Additional Comments:

It has been suggested that this represents the same type as the Bitterroot Side Notch.  However, Peck (2011) notes that these are formally and temporally different than the Bitterroot type.
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):

76, 176
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Other points in this Cluster:
Bitterroot, Cold Springs, Elko Side Notch, San Rafael, Sudden Shelter, Ventana Side Notch


Point Validity:   Valid Type

Husted was a respected archaeologist who serves as Archaeologist for the National Park Service and published research on Mummy Cave. This point was named in a professional publication and has many professional references.  This is considered a valid type.

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Age Details:
Pahaska Side Notch were found at cultural levels 16, 17, 18, and 19 at Mummy Cave.  They have also been reported at the Pretty Creek Site in south central Montana (Frison, 1978)