[1] The point was named in 1988 by George C. Frison after the discovery of specimens at the Hell Gap complex site in southeastern Wyoming.
11 of these points were found in the campsite area, 12 were in the meat processing bed, and 7 were on the surface.
This meat processing bed is thought to be a meat processing site rather than a kill site because it was a stack (4.5 meters in diameter) of single bison bones and other organized carcass parts.
A large goshen point found in this meat processing bed is thought to have been used for ritual offerings rather than a weapon to kill animals.
Many other lithic blades were discovered in the Mill Iron Site in addition to the goshen points.