Western Stemmed Point Tradition

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:artifacts
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	WSPT
gptkbp:archiveType	knives scrapers drills bifaces lithic tools
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:North_America gptkb:Great_Basin
gptkbp:characterizedBy	stemmed projectile points
gptkbp:culturalContinuity	suggested with later Great Basin cultures
gptkbp:distinctFrom	Clovis points
gptkbp:earliestEvidence	~13,000 years ago
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Western Stemmed Point Tradition
gptkbp:material	gptkb:fruit granite obsidian jasper
gptkbp:notableSite	gptkb:Paisley_Caves gptkb:Cooper's_Ferry gptkb:Smith_Creek_Cave Bonneville Estates Rockshelter
gptkbp:period	gptkb:Early_Holocene gptkb:Late_Pleistocene
gptkbp:region	gptkb:British_Columbia gptkb:California gptkb:Idaho gptkb:Montana gptkb:Nevada gptkb:Oregon gptkb:Utah gptkb:Washington gptkb:Wyoming
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Clovis_culture
gptkbp:significance	evidence for early human migration in North America
gptkbp:studiedBy	archaeologists
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Western_Stemmed_Tradition
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8