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    Pelican Lake
    Posted by [Rock Queen]
    An old find:

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    Another piece of obsidian
    Fremont county Idaho


    Posted by [greywolf22]
    I would call that a Pelican Lake if found in east Idaho, not sure where Freemont County is in Idaho. Age is late Archaic 2,300 to 2,600 hundred years old.

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    Information from [greywolf22]:
    Pelican Lake is a projectile point type associated with the Pelican Lake culture first identified by Wettlaufer (1955) in lower cultural zones at the Mortlach site in south central Saskatchewan. (Foor 1998

    Description: This is a medium-sized, well-made point with deep, narrow, corner notches and prominent, barbed shoulders (Reeves 1970b:45-47). The blade is generally triangular with straight to slightly convex edges. Stems are short and broad, with the majority at least two-thirds the width of the blade. Bases are straight or slightly rounded and can be ground. Since they are usually made of local cherts, Pelican Lake points are highly variable in quality of manufacture and vary widely in some regions in shape and size. Morrow's (1984:76) Iowa sample ranges from 1.2 to 3 inches (3 to 8 cm) in length.

    Distribution: Pelican Lake points are widely distributed throughout the Northern Plains and adjacent areas to the west, north, and south, including Minnesota, where they have been observed in considerable numbers in collections from the western and central part of the state (BRW 1994:3.30-3.31; Michlovic and Johnson 1995: Figure 3.3G-J; Bleed 1969: Plate 10 s-v; Johnson 1971: Figure 11a; Anfinson 1997: Figure 32A). According to Gregg and Davidson (1985:113), the geographic distribution of Pelican Lake components includes (1) the plains, parklands, and fringes of the southern boreal forest of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, (2) the plains of Montana, the Dakotas, Wyoming, northern Colorado, and Nebraska, and (3) the eastern fringes of the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Montana, and Wyoming. The SHPO archaeology database records points of this type from Chisago (1), Marshall (1), Stearns (2), Steele (1), and Waseca (2) counties.

    Age and Associations: The Pelican Lake complex, with which the Pelican Lake point type is associated, is dated to about A.D. 1—700 (Frison 1992:101-111; Foor 1998). In site deposits, Pelican Lake complex components generally follow those of the McKean complex. Morrow places the type within the Early and Middle Woodland periods, and dates it to ca 500 B.C. to A.D. 500. Syms (1980:364-365) separates corner-notched points dating within the ca. 1500 B.C. to A.D. 400 time period in southwestern Manitoba into larger, earlier "Archaic Barbed" points (1200 to 100 B.C.) and more recent, smaller "Plains Middle Woodland Pelican Lake" points (ca. 400 B.C. to A.D. 800). The more recent points become smaller through time. In general, earlier Archaic varieties have shallower corner notches than do Woodland forms. Syms (1980) argues that the more recent components should be placed within the Plains Woodland tradition because later Pelican Lake populations were affected by Hopewellian contacts. Many Pelican Lake points from Minnesota are made from Knife River flint, a material that is commonly associated with the Hopewellian Interaction Sphere.

    Comments: The adaptive strategies of McKean and Pelican Lake peoples seem to have been virtually identical, with bison the focus wherever available. Reeves (1970a:167, also see 1970b) suggests that the Pelican Lake complex can be usefully considered a cultural tradition made up of "a series of locally adapted nomadic hunting-gathering populations." In Minnesota, this may mean that small family groups lived in temporary camps in protected, wooded areas during the colder months of the year and in larger aggregate groups in the adjacent grasslands to the west during warmer months.

    Similar and Identical Types: Gregg and Davidson (1985) note that there "is considerable taxonomic confusion with the Pelican Lake point type and varieties," and cite Syms’ distinction between "Archaic Barbed" and "Plains Middle Woodland Pelican Lake" mentioned above. Morrow (1984) mentions an overlap in size and shape between Pelican Lake and Koster points, and Keyser (1979:9) notes a similar overlap with Besant points.

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    I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.

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    Posted by [Chase]
    Pic's provided by [Rock Queen], fellow member:
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    Posted by [Hoss]
    Pic's from Member [Kansas]:
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    I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.

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      Posted by [gregszybala]

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      Personal find (Co.) and photos by Paleolution
      I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.

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