A Fluted Point Site in Utah
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2562733 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James H Gunnerson (University of Utah, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1956 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 412-414 |
| Publication date | 1956-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/277319 |
| OpenAlex | W2319201094 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The Statewide Archeological Survey of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Utah was recently informed of a site 12 miles east of Ferron, Utah, which has yielded at least one fluted point. Homer Behunin, the local collector who reported the site, found the point (Fig. 137 a) protruding from the wall of Silverhorn Wash about 15 feet below the surface.The Silverhorn Site (42EM8) proved, upon examination, to be a shallow rock shelter in a protected bend of the wash. The shelter contains at least 12 occupation levels separated by sterile alluvial deposits. The upper-most occupation level is covered by about 10 feet of hard, compact alluvium which reaches to within about a foot of the shelter roof. The occupation levels are easily detected through the presence of small pieces of charcoal which have been somewhat disturbed by the inundations which brought in the alluvial materials
Alluvial fan · Alluvium · Archaeology · Geography · River valley · Sedimentary rock · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies · Geology · Paleontology
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1966 - 2025 (60) |
| Highly cited | No |