Abstract
ABSTRACT The Malaga Cove Leaf projectile point was originally defined based on three specimens from CA-LAN-138, the Malaga Cove Site, and nine from other sites in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. The point’s time range was somewhat ambiguous, and it showed a wide range of sizes and weights. A larger sample of 151 points, including the original Malaga Cove specimens along with points from two single-component sites in San Luis Obispo County (CA-SLO-9 and CA-SLO-239), one ethnographic village (CA-SLO-51/H), and two multi-component sites (CA-SLO-2 and CA-SLO-585) was evaluated here. Based on measurements (weights and the Hildebrandt-King Index), we show that the Malaga Cove Leaf can be divided into two size-based subtypes: a smaller variant associated with bow and arrow and dating ca. 600–120 cal BP, and a larger subtype used with a different pre-arrow weapon system, dating ca. 1,700–560 cal BP.
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