45KT28 - Projectile point found on the beach, cf Type 6D, possibly a Cayuse III Phase variant

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PROJECTILE POINTS FROM THE BEACH AT 45KT28

This section presents color images of points from 45KT28 with information on their provenience. It includes material from the beach found by individual collectors. If you have material from the Sunset Creek Site, or any nearby site, please contact me at chaz@chaz.org. I would like to consider including it on this website. Click on thumbnails to go to detailed descriptions. Scale bar is 1 cm.
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Provenance. The gallery above presents 34 specimens from 45KT28 that are in the collection of Fred Van Ronk. Most have been donated or purchased from the estates of other collectors and were in frames or boxes marked as coming from the Sunset Creek Site. As memory and records can be fallible, a few of these specimens may not come from 45KT28, but there is only one that appears out of place (4th row, 2nd from the left). This specimen is typical of points from the middle Snake River, though it could easily have been traded or carried north.

Usefulness. This assemblage, collected mainly on the beach at 45KT28, illustrates well the utility of such material. Though we do not know for certain which cultural components they come from, they are still useful because they extend the morphological range of points from the site, which is especially helpful when material from 45KT28 is being compared to material from other sites, both locally and across the Plateau.

Note on the images. Scanning was done with an Epson V500 Photo Scanner. This is a CCD scanner with a reasonable depth of field and color depth. The original scans were done at 600 dpi at 1:1. Five images are provided of each specimen: one thumbnail 150 px high, back and front intermediate images each 170 px wide, and back and front images at the original scanner size (1:1 at 600 dpi). These last are displayed by clicking on the intermediate-sized images. Each image comes with a 1 cm. scale bar that is about one-fiftieth of a mm. short.

  45KT28/FVR 1. Projectile point, probably Type 7 or Type 8. Agatized wood. Thickness: 7.1 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 2. Projectile point, Type 5, Miscellaneous Specimen. Silica, possibly petrified bog. Thickness: 5.6 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 3. Projectile point, Type Variant 6C. Cayuse Phase. Silica (possibly petrified bog). Thickness: 3.6 mm. Stem indented, corner of base broken. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 4. Projectile point, Type 7 or Type 8. Probably Cayuse Phase. Coarsely serrated. Silica: speckled chert. Thickness: 7.5 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 5. Projectile point, Type 5, Miscellaneous specimen (Quilomene Bar Corner Notched). Probably Cayuse Phase. Silica: carnelian with bands of yellow dendrites (petrified wood?). Thickness: 5.6 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 6. Projectile point, Type Variant 5B (Quilomene Bar Corner Notched). Probably Cayuse Phase. Obsidian. Thickness: 4.9 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 7. Projectile point, Type Variant 5B (Quilomene Bar Corner Notched). Probably Cayuse Phase. Silica: petrified wood. Thickness: 5.7 mm. Base broken. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 8. Projectile point, Type Variant 5A (Quilomene Bar Base Notched). Probably Cayuse Phase. Silica: jasp-agate (probably petrified wood). Thickness: 5.95 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 9. Projectile point, Type Variant 9A. Probably Cayuse III Phase. Silica: Jasp-agaate. Seriated. Exceptionally well flaked. Thickness: 2.9 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 10. Projectile point, Stemmed, type uncertain. Phase uncertain. Silica: petrified wood. Thickness: 7.1 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 11. Projectile point, Type Variant 5A (Quilomene Bar Base Notched. Quilomene Bar or Cayuse Phase. Grey quartzite or andecite? Thickness: 6.3 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 12. Projectile point, Type 3 (Rabbit Island Stemmed). Silica (possibly petrified bog). Thickness: 5.2 mm. Reverse retouch on stem. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 13. Projectile point, Type 3 (Rabbit Island Stemmed). Silica. Thickness: 6.1 mm. Finely seriated. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 14. Projectile point, Type 3 (Rabbit Island Stemmed). Silica (possibly petrified bog). Thickness: 4.1 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 15. Projectile point, Type 5, Miscellaneous specimen (Quilomene Bar Corner Notched). Quilomene Bar or Cayuse Phase. Silica: white agate. Thickness: 5.8 mm. Probably oxidized in a fire and then resharpened on one edge. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 16. Projectile point, Type Variant 9A. Probably Cayuse III Phase. Silica: carnelian. Thickness: 5.7 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 17. Projectile point, Type 3 (Rabbit Island Stemmed)? Silica: petrified wood. Thickness: 4.3 mm. Base broken. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 18. Projectile point, Type Variant 6C. Cayuse Phase. Silica: petrified wood. Thickness: 4.6 mm. Base notched, corner of base broken. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 20. Projectile point, Type Variant 5A (Quilomene Bar Base Notched). Quilomene Bar or Cayuse Phase. Silica (possibly bog or wood cast). Thickness: 4.3 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 21. Projectile point, Type 7. Silica (possibly petrified wood). Thickness: 5.0 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 22. Projectile point, Possibly Type 8. Silica: jasp-agate (possibly wood cast). Thickness: 6.2 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 23. Projectile point, Type Variant 9A. Cayuse III Phase. Silica (possibly wood or bog cast). Thickness: 4.6 mm. Short barb broken. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 24. Leaf-shaped projectile point, Form 1?. Silica: speckled grey chalcedony. Thickness: 3.2 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 25. Projectile point, Type Variant 9E. Cayuse III Phase. Silica: brown carnelian. Thickness: 3.2 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 26. Projectile point, Type Variant 8D. Cayuse III Phase. Silica: agate. Thickness: 6.8 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 27. Projectile point, Type Variant 6C. Cayuse Phase. Silica: yellow and grey agate (possibly wood or bog cast). Thickness: 4.2 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 28. Projectile point, Type Variant 9A. Cayuse III Phase. Silica: yellow plume agate. Thickness: 2.4 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 29. Projectile point, Type Variant 9F. Cayuse III Phase. Silica: jasp-agate (possibly wood or bog cast filling). Thickness: 2.2 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 30. Projectile point, Type Variant 9B. Cayuse III Phase. Silica: grey-green agate (possibly wood or bog cast filling). Thickness: 2.6 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 31. Projectile point, Type 7 or 8. Probably Cayuse Phase. Silica: carnelian (probably petrified wood). Thickness: 6.6 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 32. Projectile point, cf. Type 6D. Cayuse Phase. Silica: agate. Thickness: 4.2 mm. Note the supplementary notch opposite the barb. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 33. Projectile point, Possibly Type 3. Silica: white moss agate. Thickness: 5.6 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 34. Projectile point, Type Variant 8E. Cayuse III Phase. Silica (probably petrified wood). Slightly water worn. Thickness: 3.6 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Courtesy of Fred Van Ronk.
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  45KT28/FVR 35. Projectile point, Type Variant 9A. Cayuse III Phase. Carnelian. 35.4 x 10.3 x 4.0 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Collected on the beach by CG or CM Nelson.
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  45KT28/FVR 36. Projectile point, Type 7. Possibly Cayuse I Phase. Weakly banded blue-white agate. 52.7 x 22.9 x 6.0 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Collected on the beach by CG or CM Nelson.
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  45KT28/FVR 37. Pentagonal knife, Type 2. Cayuse III Phase. Carnelian with bands of blue moss agate. 40.4 x 26.9 x 6.6 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Collected on the beach by CG or CM Nelson.
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  45KT28/FVR 38. Projectile point, unclassified form. No phase designation. Agate containing small phenocrysts. 44.8 x 20.5 x 10.4 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Collected on the beach by CG or CM Nelson.
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  45KT28/FVR 39. Projectile point, unclassified form. Possibly Cayuse III Phase. White milk agate. 41.1 x 17.2 x 7.4 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Collected on the beach by CG or CM Nelson.
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  45KT28/FVR 40. Projectile point, Type Variant 9B. Cayuse Phase. Agatized wood. 34.9* x 17.6* x 3.7 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Collected on the beach by CG or CM Nelson.
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  45KT28/FVR 41. Projectile point, Type Variant 9C. Cayuse III Phase. Butterscotch moss agate. 32.7 x 11.4 x 3.3 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Collected on the beach by CG or CM Nelson.
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  45KT28/FVR 42. Pentagonal knife, Type II. Cayuse III Phase. Weakly bandad milk agate. 42.2 x 33.1 x 5.8 mm. Scale bar 1 cm.

Collected on the beach by CG or CM Nelson.
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  45KT28/FVR 43. Projectile point, Type Variant 9C. Probably Cayuse III Phase. Speckled grey chalcedony. 50.2 x 18.9 x 5.4 mm.
Scale bar 1 cm.

Collected on the beach by CG or CM Nelson.
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LAST REVISED: 8 MAY 2017