Plainview point
Plainview points are Paleoindian projectile points dated between 10000–9000 Before Present. The point was named in 1947 after the discovery of a large cache of unfluted, lanceolate spear tips with concave bases found in a Bison antiquus kill site along the Running Water Draw river near the town of Plainview in Texas. The point is distributed primarily throughout the South Plains however, this range may be misidentified as Plainview was previously used as a general term to describe unfluted lanceolate points throughout the entirety of the Plains as well as the eastern Upper Mississippi Valley.[1] The Golondrina point (formally Plainview Golondrina) was one of these types mistakenly named as Plainview.[2]
Classification
The classification of the Plainview point was made in 1947 by Glen Evans, G. E. Meade and E. H. Sellards for a cache of unfluted, lanceolate spear tips with concave bases found along the Running Water Draw river near the town of Plainview in Texas. At least twenty-eight specimens were recovered from this location, which was the site of a Bison antiquus kill.[3][1]
Description
Plainview is described as having parallel or convex sides with a concave base. It is considered to be a Plano point.[3]
Comparison with other projectile points
Plainview is stylistically and morphologically similar to the Goshen point, although these types are primarily concentrated in the northern Plains and may precede Plainview by almost a thousand years.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Boszhardt, Robert F. (2003), A projectile point guide for the Upper Mississippi River Valley, University of Iowa Press, pp. 21–22, ISBN 9780877458708
- ^ Perttula, Timothy K. (2004). The prehistory of Texas. Texas A&M University Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-585-44194-5.
- ^ a b Hranicky, William Jack; Rpa, Wm Jack Hranicky (2011), North American Projectile Points, AuthorHouse, p. 408, ISBN 9781456750015
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