Cascade
Associated Dates: 8000-4000 Y.B.P. (see following text for more definitive range)
CASCADE A: see image CASCADE001 below for example(s)
"Cascade B is not of frequent occurrence (cf. Rice 1969, 1972), and is morphologically closest to the Windust C type variant. It is a slender lanceolate point with a slightly concave base. It is thin with a regular outline and cross-section, which creates a delicate appearance. Flaking patterns are variable to mixed. Serrated margins occur, and cross-sections are planoconvex, biconvex and trapezoidal.
Serrated margins are common, but not nearly as frequent as on the Cascade C variant. Cross-sections are usually biconvex or planoconvex, but trapezoidal cross-sections are common, and diamond cross-sections also occur." (Source: Idaho State University)
Type Sites: /Indian Well (Butler 1961); Weis Rockshelter (Butler 1962).
Temporal Distribution:/c.8000-4000 Y.B.P.; Early Archaic.
CASCADE B: see image CASCADE001 below for example(s)
"Cascade B is not of frequent occurrence (cf. Rice 1969, 1972), and is morphologically closest to the Windust C type variant. It is a slender lanceolate point with a slightly concave base. It is thin with a regular outline and cross-section, which creates a delicate appearance. Flaking patterns are variable to mixed. Serrated margins occur, and cross-sections are planoconvex, biconvex and trapezoidal." (Source: Idaho State University)
Type Sites: Indian Well (Butler 1961); Weis Rockshelter (Butler 1962).
Temporal Distribution:c.8500-6500 Y.B.P. Early Archaic.
CASCADE C: see image CASCADE001 below for example(s)
"Cascade C is the classic Cascade type defined by Butler (1961, 1962, 1965). It is a slender lanceolate point with a markedly contracting basal margin. Flaking patterns are generally variable although tending toward mixed. Fine collateral flaking does occur. Serrated margins are common. Cross-sections are primarily biconvex, but the Cascade C specimens show markedly high[er] frequencies of diamond and trapezoidal cross sections than Cascade A and B type variants." (Source: Idaho State University)
Type Sites: Indian Well (Butler 1961); Weis Rockshelter (Butler 1962).
Temporal Distribution: c.8000-4000 Y.B.P.; Early Archaic
*NOTE: CASCADE POINT THUMBNAIL GALLERY FOLLOWS THE TWO TYPOLOGICAL GRAPHICS WHICH APPEAR BELOW
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ABOVE: CASC001: (refer to text above for correlations) Cascade Form type divisions. Source: Idaho State University
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ABOVE: CASC0001: common Cascade point types; the letters DO NOT correspond to typological references in the descriptive text preceding. The source of the line-drawings is Kenneth M. Ames, for the United States National Park Service (NPS), describing Cascade examples from the Clearwater area, and based on the work of Sappington, 1994. Forms are consistent elsewhere but absent from this grouping are Shouldered Cascade types.
CASCADE POINT THUMBNAIL GALLERY (386 images: 193 source images/193 thumbnails)
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Cascade 001 |
Cascade 0001 |
Cascade 01 |
Cascade 2 |
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Cascade 3 |
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Cascade 4 |
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Cascade 5 |
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Cascade 6 |
Cascade 7 |
Cascade 8 |
Cascade 9 |
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Cascade 10 |
Cascade 11 |
Cascade 12 |
Cascade 13 |
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Cascade 14 |
Cascade 15 |
Cascade 16 |
Cascade 17 |
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Cascade 18 |
Cascade 19 |
Cascade 20 |
Cascade 21 |
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Cascade 22 |
Cascade 23 |
Cascade 24 |
Cascade 25 |
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Cascade 26 |
Cascade 27 |
Cascade 28 |
Cascade 29 |
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Cascade 30 |
Cascade 31 |
Cascade 32 |
Cascade 33 |
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Cascade 34 |
Cascade 35 |
Cascade 36 |
Cascade 37 |
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Cascade 38 |
Cascade 39 |
Cascade 40 |
Cascade 41 |
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Cascade 42 |
Cascade 43 |
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Cascade 44 |
Cascade 45 |
Cascade 46 |
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Cascade 47 |
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Cascade 48 |
Cascade 49 |
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Cascade 50 |
Cascade 51 |
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Cascade 52 |
Cascade 53 |
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Cascade 54 |
Cascade 55 |
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Cascade 56 |
Cascade 57 |
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Cascade 58 |
Cascade 59 |
Cascade 60 |
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Cascade 61 |
Cascade 62 |
Cascade 63 |
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Cascade 64 |
Cascade 65 |
Cascade 66 |
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Cascade 67 |
Cascade 68 |
Cascade 69 |
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Cascade 70 |
Cascade 71 |
Cascade 72 |
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Cascade 73 |
Cascade 74 |
Cascade 75 |
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Cascade 76 |
Cascade 77 |
Cascade 78 |
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Cascade 79 |
Cascade 80 |
Cascade 81 |
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Cascade 82 |
Cascade 83 |
Cascade 84 |
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Cascade 85 |
Cascade 86 |
Cascade 87 |
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Cascade 88 |
Cascade 89 |
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Cascade 90 |
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Cascade 91 |
Cascade 92 |
Cascade 93 |
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Cascade 94 |
Cascade 95 |
Cascade 96 |
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Cascade 97 |
Cascade 98 |
Cascade 99 |
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Cascade 100 |
Cascade 101 |
Cascade 102 |
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Cascade 79 |
Cascade 80 |
Cascade 81 |
End of Cascade Thumbnail Gallery - 69 of 193 complete
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ABOVE, L-R: CASC01, CASC02, CASC03: Cascade points; the middle example is made from jasper while the two flanking points are obsidian
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