pelican lake point

[larson1951]

I found this in my field

I think it is pellican lake
if so, how old would this date to?

if not, what kind and how old is this?

I have found only a dozen or so of these in the last 10 years

thanks, Larson1951

 

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[quito]

Looks like P Lake. They are from the late Archaic period. 2600-2300 before present.

Great material on that piece, too bad it had to suffer the damage.

Joel

 

[oldgoat]

Nice piece, larson, I'm almost afraid to open any of your threads anymore....every time that I do, you show off another great find, my jaw hits the keyboard and I'm afraid that I will damage the keyboard or my jaw.....lol

 

[uniface]

 

[sidmind]

Pelican Lakes are also my favorite.

Nice find.

 

[creek astronaut]

very nice find,you think you could take a pic of all the ones you have found in a group pic?

 

[goodtime]

I've read that Pelican Lake points are the finest notched form of dart point in the North American lithic industry. It's no wonder that we like them so well.

 

[larson1951]

thanks honkey
I will do that
give me a day or so

larson1951

 

[larson1951]

here are a few more

are these p. lake points very rare?

 

[quito]

They are not an uncommon type found up here Larson. But they are very collectible.

 

[11KBP]

here are a few more
are these p. lake points very rare?

Those are nice examples Larson.

Quito's KRF example is is a mighty fine Pelican Lake specimen.

They are not real rare but because of the way they are made nice undamaged pieces are fairly hard to come by.

 

[coteau]

Great examples of Pelican Lakes everyone!

I have found approximately 250 Pelican Lakes, but only about 20 unbroken ones.

I found this one back in 1987 (one of my first PLs). One barb is broke off and maybe a slight flea bite to the tip, but it's still a nice point. It's 2 3/8"

 

[goodtime]

I have read that Pelican Lake points seldom reach three inches in length. Here is one made of Smokey Hills Chert that we found in 2009.

 

[goodtime]

Couple of very large and very fine P.L.'s 11KBP. I can't go any bigger but I can certainly go smaller. Here is one of my favorites that we found in 2004 next to the other side of the last one I posted. Sorry about the over sized pic. Hopefully this one will be better.

 

[larson1951]

this KRF would be nice if it wasn't a broke

 

[larson1951]

I found a frame with a few more mixed with some duncan-hanna, etc.