CAST #P-31

EDEN POINT
SWEETWATER COUNTY, WYOMING
FORREST FENN COLLECTION
Eden point, cast number P-31.
CAST #P-31
EDEN POINT
SWEETWATER COUNTY, WYOMING
FORREST FENN COLLECTION

   The Eden point pictured above is a cast of one found on December 3, 1966 by Millard J. McDowell. It was found in a dry wash approximately 15 miles southwest of Bairoil in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. A portion of the bank had broken off following a heavy rain.
   This Eden point was added to the famous Virgil Russell collection on March 23, 1968 and was considered the second best example in the collection.

EDEN POINT
SWEETWATER COUNTY, WYOMING
FORREST FENN COLLECTION
Eden point from Sweetwater Co., Wyoming. 
EDEN POINT
(PICTURE OF ORIGINAL POINT)
SWEETWATER COUNTY, WYOMING
FORREST FENN COLLECTION

   Eden points were first discovered in Yuma County, Colorado blow-outs during the 1930's but none were found in situ until the spring of 1940 when Harold J. Cook spent several days digging in a site discovered by O. M. Finley. The Eden point was named by H. M. Wormington after the town of Eden, Wyoming. The Eden type site was named the Finley site in honor of O. M. Finley who discovered it.
   Eden points are one component of the Cody Complex. An estimated age for these spear points is somewhere between 9,000 to 8,500 years ago. They are found from southwest Texas to northwest Wisconsin to eastern British Columbia. Eden points are known for their exceptionally well done parallel pressure flaking and diamond cross-section. The people that made them were hunting large animals like bison.

"REFERENCES"

1957, "Ancient Man In North America", H. M. Wormington, p. 124.
1971,  Irwin

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