Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Richard S. MacNeish
Named For: Associated Phase
Date Identified: 1967
Type Site:
Identified By: Richard S. MacNeish
Named For: Associated Phase
Date Identified: 1967
Type Site:
Point Validity: Valid type
MacNeish was a pioneering anthropologist who was most notable for his excavations and studies at Tamaulipas Mexico. This type has been references in professional publications and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Abejas Side Notch
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large triangular side notch point with a thick elliptical cross section. The blade ranges from straight to excurvate and are commonly steeply beveled. The shoulders are formed by a shallow side notch and are at an upward angle. The stem is expanding with a straight to slightly convex base. This type is manufactured using percussion flaking with the notch being formed by a single percussion flake. The blade has pressure flaking used to form the beveled edges. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Length - 48 to 60 mm, Stem Length - 12 to 19 mm, Blade Width - 25 to 36 mm (average 24 mm), Basal Stem Width - 19 to 34 mm, Neck Width - 18 to 28 mm, Notch Width - 7 to 13 mm, Thickness - 7 to 11 mm (average 10 mm)
Length - 48 to 60 mm, Stem Length - 12 to 19 mm, Blade Width - 25 to 36 mm (average 24 mm), Basal Stem Width - 19 to 34 mm, Neck Width - 18 to 28 mm, Notch Width - 7 to 13 mm, Thickness - 7 to 11 mm (average 10 mm)
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
This type is similar to the Brewerton Side Notch, but this point is a unifacial point made from a flake.
See:
McNett, Charles W. (1985), Shawnee Minisink: a Stratified Paleoindian-Archaic Site in the Upper Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Academic Press
Cross, Dorothy (1943), The Effect of the Abbott Farm on Eastern Chronology, Proceeding of the American Philosophical Society, Vol 86, Philadelphia, pp. 315 - 319
This type is similar to the Brewerton Side Notch, but this point is a unifacial point made from a flake.
See:
McNett, Charles W. (1985), Shawnee Minisink: a Stratified Paleoindian-Archaic Site in the Upper Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Academic Press
Cross, Dorothy (1943), The Effect of the Abbott Farm on Eastern Chronology, Proceeding of the American Philosophical Society, Vol 86, Philadelphia, pp. 315 - 319
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
The full distribution of this type is not known, so far it has only been reported in the Tehuacan Valley of Mexico.
The full distribution of this type is not known, so far it has only been reported in the Tehuacan Valley of Mexico.
Age / Periods:
Date: 4,000 - 3,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic
Glacial Period:Neoglacial
Culture:
Phase: Abejas Phase
Date: 4,000 - 3,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late Archaic
Glacial Period:Neoglacial
Culture:
Phase: Abejas Phase
Age Details:
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