Plainview point

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Plainview points

In the classification of

Upper Mississippi Valley.[1]

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 at

Upper Mississippi Valley whereby points were classified as Plainview sub types. However this approach was later rejected and revised leading to new projectile point classifications.[1] The Golondrina point (formally Plainview Golondrina) was one of these types mistakenly named as Plainview.[3]

Description

Plainview is described as having parallel or convex sides with a concave base. It is considered to be a Plano point.[2]

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]

Plainview complex

Plainview complex, distinguished by the Plainview point, is similar to the Goshen complex. Due to the diversity of points found at the type site in Plainview, Texas, the complex has been widely interpreted, and may be grouped with Agate Basin, Firstview, Golondrina, and Milnesand points. Plainview kill and butchering sites are found in New Mexico, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.[4]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-87745-870-8
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4567-5001-5
  3. ISBN 978-1-58544-194-5
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  4. ^ Gunnerson, James H. (1987). Archaeology of the High Plains. Denver: United States Forest Service. pp. 18-21.
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