Presenter(s): Shelby Saper—Anthropology
Faculty Mentor(s): Dennis Jenkins
Session: Prerecorded Poster Presentation
Some researchers support a “long-chronology” for corner-notched points in the Great Basin, with these points dating to as old as 8,500 cal BP . Opponents support a “short-chronology”, suggesting corner-notched points are younger than 5,000 cal BP . This debate suffers from the use of a variety of typological schemes, regional variability, and lack of buried sites . Corner-notched projectile points exhibiting atypical morphology from traditional types have been found in a well-stratified context associated with cultural features at the Connley Caves, Oregon . In this poster we apply a variety of typological schemes to these points and others found in contexts below Mount Mazama tephra (ca . 7630 cal BP) in Oregon to provide information on the typology and age of pre-Mazama corner-notched points in the northern Great Basin .