Pelican Lake Montana – Arrowhead & Projectile Point Identification

Culture: Late Archaic Pelican Lake Culture

Time period: 3,500-2,200 BP

Region: Montana Plains

Material: Local lithic materials

Medium triangular corner-notched points flattened elliptical cross-section, barbed shoulders, broad expanding stem, found Alberta/Saskatchewan Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota (3,500-2,200 BP). Besant Points overlap temporally Pelican Lake, part Besant culture tradition. Contracting Stemmed Points medium-size spear points distinctive contracting stems, lanceolate triangular blades, found throughout Midwest including Upper Mississippi Valley.

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