Archaeological investigations at the Marial site (35CU84), Curry County, Oregon

Graduation date: 1988Presentation date: 1987-11-04Evidence recovered from the Marial site (35CU84) on the lower Rogue River in southwestern Oregon will provide a much needed source of archaeological data for the region of southwestern Oregon. It exists as a deep, multicomponent, C14 dated site in a region typified by single component sites\ud and a lack of C14 data. To date seven discreet cultural components have been\ud discovered at Marial, three have yielded C14 dates (2810±50BP, 5850±120BP, 6485±80BP, 8560±190BP) and six contained distinct projectile point types clustering within well defined temporal spans. A chronological model of the projectile points recovered at the Marial site is presented here, along with a\ud comparison of these types to other similar point styles in the region