Hell Gap Wyoming – Arrowhead & Projectile Point Identification

Hell Gap Wyoming projectile point
Culture: Paleoindian, Hell Gap complex
Time period: Approximately 10,000 radiocarbon years BP (Hell Gap type-site estimate)
Region: Wyoming Plains
Material: Chert, quartzite, obsidian

Hell Gap is a Paleoindian projectile-point complex named for the stratified Hell Gap site in Wyoming. The University of Wyoming distinguishes it from other complexes represented at the same site, including Scottsbluff. Its site-level estimate is approximately 10,000 radiocarbon years BP; this is not a direct date for every Hell Gap-type specimen.

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