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Name Details:
Named By: David Rice
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1972
Type Site: Windust Caves, Franklin County, Washington
Windust
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
11,200 - 8,500 B.P.
Transitional Paleo to
Early Archaic
Early Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Type A
Type B
Type C
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large
triangular to lanceolate stemmed point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate which may vary from having an excurvate shape from tip to shoulders, or
curving in at the tip and becoming parallel towards the shoulders. The shoulders may range from prominent, weak or absent and may vary from horizontal to having an
upward angle. The stem is most commonly straight, but many examples have a slightly contracting stem. The base varies from
straight to deeply concave. Basal grinding may be seen on this point. This point most commonly has a random flaking pattern. Some examples (rarely) are fluted.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 29 to
120 mm (average 50 to 70 mm), Stem Length - 10 to 20 mm,
Blade Width - 12 to 43 mm (average 27 mm), Stem Width - 10 to 26
mm, Thickness - 3 to 12 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is most commonly associated with the lower Columbia Plateau and into the Cascade Mountain range of Oregon and northern California and into the northern Sierra Nevada range.
This point may be found into the Northern Great Basin, and into the Interior Plateau of British Columbia.
Similar Points:
Cascade, Cougar Mountain, Eden, Haskett, Hell Gap, Lake Mojave, Lind
Coulee, Mahkin, Owl Cave, OYKC Stemmed, Parman, Scottsbluff, Shaniko, Silver Lake, Taan, Taye, Yukon Stemmed Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Windust Type A: This form has a straight to contracting stem and a straight base.
Windust Type B: This form has a broad straight to contracting stem with a concave base.
Windust Type C: This form has a straight stem with a base that is deeply concave to notched.
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Rice is a distinguished anthropologist who was a professor for the Department of
Anthropology, University of Washington before starting a private archaeological firm. He has conducted extensive studies and excavations throughout Washington and Oregon. 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:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 50, 176
Windust Projectile Point, Windust Arrowhead
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