Unusual small point.

[Out Of Time]

​​​​​​​Obsidian. 34mm long.

Asymmetric with a single notch.

Base is broken.

Napa, CA

 

[DizzyDigger]

Could be a bird point?

 

[Tony in SC]

Nice! Don't find many small ones here.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Cool find!

 

[arrow86]

That’s a gorgeous little point , some nice flaking on it

 

[gilmerman]

That is very nice. Found some like that in the 70's when I was stationed at Nellis AFB, Las Vegas. Like this one most were under 3" and chipped. I still am fond of then and have the whole ones displayed.

 

[Tdog]

Broken base plus one barb broken off. That piece may be a Rose Springs variant (corner notched or stemmed would be my guess).

 

[Out Of Time]

Broken base plus one barb broken off. That piece may be a Rose Springs variant (corner notched or stemmed would be my guess).

Just a ding on the base (which would have been convex I reckon).

This point was made with just the single notch which makes it unusual (to me). If you study the flake pattern and finished edge where 2nd shoulder should be, you'll agree, I think.

This picture shows more clearly.

Does have lots in common with Rose Spring cluster but I'm out of the area by several hundred miles.

 

[Tdog]

That "missing barb" area could have been repaired (cleaned up so to speak) to salvage the piece after the damage. You've got it in hand so you should be able to better determine what happened to it. Pic2 in post#1 looks like damage in that area to me. I did notice that projectilepoints.net had the distribution boundary located just to the east of NAPA. I'd bet those boundaries are likely not 100% accurate. A couple of hundred miles is not very far for an outlier.

 

[Out Of Time]

Certainly possible the point was repaired after losing a shoulder.

No way to know except that asymmetric points like this are uncommon.

But up close, you can see that area is finished to an edge with no sign of damage.

True east Napa is not so far from Rose Springs territory and I agree the boundaries have to be quite elastic, but the cultures that cluster are associated with are quite different from the local Napa indians.

Never the less, trade and travel will always create outliers....

 

[southfork]

I think what you have is a damaged and repaired McGillivray Cluster Expanding Stem Type . The type was found all around the Bay Area and south down the coast .

 

[Missouri Breaks]

It’s possible that point was reworked. The base sustained damage and maybe that one notch was chipped off at that point. Point was still perfect so just work the notch down and good to go. Also I can see it could’ve been just an anomalous point to begin with having the one notch and the maker put it to use. Excellent find whatever the case may be.