BROWNS VALLEY POINTS
Browns Valley points were initially discovered at a site near Browns Valley, Minnesota. They were associated with a human burial.
Browns Valley
Agate Basin
Browns Valley points are broad lanceolate in shape. Upper lateral edges are slightly rounded. Lower lateral edges are much less rounded, contracting very slightly to either a shallowly concave or straight base. These points are broadest at mid-section. Dimensions are: length 7.0 to 8.0 cm., width 3.0 cm. (full range indeterminate since few specimens known). Workmanship is fine. Initial shaping may have been by direct or indirect percussion. The initial flake scars are parallel and run obliquely across the point faces; less often they are at right angles. Bases have been initially thinned by the removal of a series of small longish flakes mainly oblique to the point long-axis, to a lesser extent by the removal of vertical flakes. Basal edges are smoothed.
Browns Valley points are rare and have an estimated age of from 9,000 to 8,000 years. Similar points excavated in Wyoming have a comparable age of almost 8,000 years.