Paleo piece from the Great Basin

[GB Paleo]

This is a 2 1/2" late Paleo Owl Cave point from the Northern Great Basin. Heavily ground on the base.

 

[Older The Better]

Maybe someone can straighten me out on this. Is western stemmed a larger group including point types like yours or do they just happen to both have those long bases that are wide unusually high on the point?

 

[CreekSide]

Nice looking point

 

[Jeff H]

OOOOOO nice one!

 

[ToddsPoint]

I’ve never heard of owl creek. I’ve always called those Hell Gap points. Very late paleo/early archaic.

 

[GB Paleo]

Maybe someone can straighten me out on this. Is western stemmed a larger group including point types like yours or do they just happen to both have those long bases that are wide unusually high on the point?

I'll try to explain as best as I can......Almost all dated point types from the Great Basin have come from cave sites. Very few have come from dig sites like those from other parts of the country. Western Stemmed Tradition refers to putting all these stemmed point types from the Great Basin into one group. Silver Lake, Haskett, Lake Mojave, Parman, etc. In my opinion it's the splitters vs those wanting a specific point type. The point above has a Stermer Cert saying it's an Owl Cave but I'd lean more towards a Lake Mojave

 

[Rockdog]

I would lean toward owl cave simply because of the flater base. Lake Mohaves tend to me more rounded at the base.