Paleo stemmed artifact

[SportsmanAll]

Hello and thanks for taking a minute to look at this. I?m unaware of the material or the type of this piece so I am not claiming it is paleo.
It seems to have a large stem that I imagine at one time was seated into a spear or arrow shaft? Or perhaps a long stem like that was more suited for tools for skinning and such?

Anyways any and all info is greatly appreciated. I?m located in south east Idaho.

 

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[antmike915]

Could be a damaged drill or the base of a point.

 

[Relicgrubber]

I would say it’s a base. It could be an early stem. That’s what we call them anyway. The base does have some polish/grinding on the high parts of the flake scars. It really helps to know where the artifact was recovered. Pretty cool.

 

[dognose]

it looks like basalt to me, dark and non lustrous.

It looks like broad percussion flaking with little to no edge retouching.

I think a late archaic stemmed point.

 

[SportsmanAll]

I would say it?s a base. It could be an early stem. That?s what we call them anyway. The base does have some polish/grinding on the high parts of the flake scars. It really helps to know where the artifact was recovered. Pretty cool.

The artifact was recovered at a area where there is a lot of flaking and camp debris.

 

[11KBP]

There is a good chance of it being one of the members belonging to the Great Basin stemmed group and being paleo in age.
As already mentioned the material appears to be basalt.

 

[TundraPlugger]

Definitely a stem to a Paleo point. Nice find! I'm not great on naming stuff from that area but Parman comes to mind but they are made a little different. Looks like it is made from basalt.

 

[GB Paleo]

Definitely a stem to a Paleo point. Nice find! I'm not great on naming stuff from that area but Parman comes to mind but they are made a little different. Looks like it is made from basalt.

Could be a Parman but it looks a bit more like a Silver Lake or Lake Mojave to me. As Tundra stated above, the flaking is a bit different that a typical Parman but there is a huge Variety of differences in the WST points from the basin.