Identified By: Alston V. Thoms
Named For: Abiquiu Tewa Pueblo, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Date Identified: 1977
Type Site:
Thoms is a distinguished anthropologist and professor for the Department of Anthropology at Texas A&M University. He has conducted extensive studies into southwestern archeology. This type was named in his MS Thesis. This name was used by Richard MacNeish in his discussion of Pinejo Cave, but has no additional professional references found. This is considered a provisional type.
Cluster:
Total Length - 26 to 41 mm, Stem Length - 11 to 16 mm, Blade Width - 13 to 19 mm, Neck Width - 8 to 15 mm, Basal Width - 15 to 22 mm, Thickness - 3 to 5 mm (Thoms, 1977)
Equally obsidian and cherts, rarely basalt
Loyd Doty reports:
ABIQUIU (Corner Notch) – is a Tewa Pueblo word that has several different proposed interpretations including; "hooting of an owl," "ruins," "chokecherry," and "timber end place." This point type was provisionally named by anthropologist Alston V. Thomas for examples recovered from the Abiquiu Tewa Pueblo in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. No additional information or example images are available at this time.
Reference: Thomas, Alston V. 1977 A preliminary projectile point typology for the Northern Rio Grande region New Mexico. Unpublished MS thesis, department of Anthropology, Texas Tech University.
This point is primarily found in the four corners region.
Date: 4,800 - 2,500 B.P ***
Cultural Period: Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
*** date is based on similarities with the Chiricahua type and the characteristics suggesting that this was used as a dart and not an arrow.
