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A limited number of lithic casts were made of this projectile point in 2013, from the Powars II/Sunrise Archaeology site in Wyoming. The site is named after Wayne Powars, who discovered projectile point artifacts next to a red ochre/hematite pit near the town of Sunrise, Wyoming. The site was in danger of being destroyed by mining operations, until the efforts of Powars, and archaeologists George Frison and Dennis Stanford were able to save the site in 1986 for future proper excavations. Further work revealed that this site had been used all the way back to Paleoindian times for its hematite red ochre and the flint quarry there, and is now considered the oldest known ochre quarry in the Americas.

In 2013, Frison requested lithic casts be made of several of the finest points from the site, to be shared in open collections at the Paleoindian Archaeology Conference in Santa Fe, NM. These projectile points were housed at the Smithsonian Institution's Paleoindian Lab, where Dennis Stanford decided that this particular point was an excellent example of the unique Late Paleoindian style, related to Goshen, found at Sunrise Mine. This point was partly covered in the local red ochre, as were many of the points found on the site.

The lithic casts of this example were molded from the original artifact in 2013, and were made for the Sante Fe Paleoindian Conference. It is a wonderfully well made projectile point with parallel flaking and flute on one side, and wider percussion flakes on the other side, showing qualities of several Late Paleoindian types such as Goshen and Clovis, which are both found at this site. Measures 100mm long, and 29mm wide. (Cast copyright Occpaleo 2013)

CAST of Powars/Sunrise Site Projectile Point/Clearance

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