Plainview point

Plainview points

In the classification of Archaeological cultures of North America, the term Plainview points refer to Paleoindian projectile points dated between 10,000–9,000 Before Present. The point was named in 1947 after the discovery of a large cache of unfluted, lanceolate spear tips with concave bases that were found in a Bison antiquus kill site along the Running Water Draw river, near the town of Plainview in Texas, United States. The point is found primarily throughout the South Plains, however, this range may sometimes 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]

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.^[1]^[2] 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 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 2 3 4 Boszhardt, Robert F. (2003), A projectile point guide for the Upper Mississippi River Valley, University of Iowa Press, pp. 21–22, ISBN 978-0-87745-870-8
1 2 Hranicky, William Jack (2011), North American Projectile Points, AuthorHouse, p. 408, ISBN 978-1-4567-5001-5
↑ Perttula, Timothy K. (2004). The prehistory of Texas. Texas A&M University Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-58544-194-5.
↑ Gunnerson, James H. (1987). Archaeology of the High Plains. Denver: United States Forest Service. pp. 18-21.

Indigenous peoples of Colorado

Overview

Contemporary peoples
native to Colorado

People	Arapaho Cheyenne Comanche Jicarilla Apache Kiowa Pawnee Shoshone Ute
Reservations	Southern Ute Indian Reservation Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Major events	Battle of Beecher Island Colorado War Comanche Campaign Sand Creek massacre

Prehistoric cultures
in Colorado

Paleo-Indian	Clovis culture Cody complex Folsom tradition Goshen complex Hell Gap complex Plainview complex Plano cultures
Archaic	Apex complex Basketmaker culture Mount Albion complex Oshara Tradition Picosa culture
Post-Archaic	Ancient Pueblo Peoples Apishapa culture Dismal River culture Fremont culture Panhandle culture Sopris Phase Tipi ring
Noted archaeologists	Cynthia Irwin-Williams Paul Sidney Martin Waldo Rudolph Wedel Joe Ben Wheat

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