CAST #A-17

CASCADE POINT
DEMOSS BURIAL SITE
CASCADE PHASE
ADAMS COUNTY, IDAHO
COPYRIGHT AUGUST 31, 2013 PETER A. BOSTROM

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CAST #A-17
CASCADE POINT
DEMOSS BURIAL SITE
CASCADE PHASE
6,000 YEARS AGO
ADAMS COUNTY, IDAHO

    This Cascade dart point was found on the Demoss burial site in west central Idaho in 1985. The Demoss site was accidentally discovered when a backhoe exposed a large number of artifacts during the excavation of a spring. This is a late Cascade Phase site that dates to 6,000 years ago. A minimum of 236 Cascade points, side-notched points, and bifaces were found along with the bones of at least 60 individuals. Nine percent (22) of the artifacts were identified as Cascade points. All of them have some diagonal pressure flaking. This point is made of dark gray basalt and it measures 2 5/8 inches (6.6 cm) long.
    Cascade points were named after the Cascade Mountain range by B. Robert Butler who was the first to describe them. They are willow-leaf in shape and have bases that can either be pointed or rounded. The blade edges are convex and sometimes serrated. Cascade points were made as early as 11,000 years ago to as recent as 6,000 years ago.

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