SCOTTSBLUFF POINT
HORNER SITE
PARKER COUNTY, WYOMING
COPYRIGHT OCTOBER 31, 2012 PETER A. BOSTROM

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SCOTTSBLUFF POINT
HORNER SITE
PARK COUNTY, WYOMING

    This projectile point was discovered sometime during the 1977-78, 1980, 1983 & 1984 excavations of the Horner II site by the University of Wyoming. Earlier excavations of the Horner site (Horner I) was carried out by Princeton University in 1949 & 1950 and by the Smithsonian Institution in 1952. This point is described as falling typologically and technologically between the Alberta and Scottsbluff / Eden points but is considered to be a Scottsbluff style. It represents one of 21 projectile points found during the University of Wyoming excavations and only one of five complete un-reworked points. This point is made of Quartzite and measures slightly over 2 1/8 inches (8 cm) long.
    Two basic typological point types are represented in the Horner II site excavation. All but one example are type I style points. This is a type I point that is considered to be a Scottsbluff style. These type I points have distinct stems with well defined shoulders. They have lenticular cross-sections and no medial ridge. Most of these points are thickest at or slightly above the shoulders and they have flake scars that are shallow with irregular spacing.

HORNER SITE