Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Frank A. Weir and Glen H. Doran
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified:
Type Site: The Anthon site (41UV60) Uvalde County, Texas
Identified By: Frank A. Weir and Glen H. Doran
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified:
Type Site: The Anthon site (41UV60) Uvalde County, Texas
Point Validity:
Valid type
Wier is an archaeologist for the State and Highways in Texas and has conducted many studies into the archaeology of Texas. Doran is a an anthropologist and professor at the University of Florida. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Wier is an archaeologist for the State and Highways in Texas and has conducted many studies into the archaeology of Texas. Doran is a an anthropologist and professor at the University of Florida. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Anthon Knife
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium (1 to 2 1/2 inches) triangular blade with a flattened cross section. The blade is primarily excurvate, but may vary to almost straight and is commonly beveled. Re-sharpened examples may have an incurvate blade. The base is concave and heavily thinned. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Length - 25 to 65 mm, Width - 22 to 32 mm (***based on small sample size***)
Length - 25 to 65 mm, Width - 22 to 32 mm (***based on small sample size***)
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
Subsequent studies of this type has determined that this is a knife in the last stage of thinning. This type is commonly included in the Kinney type. (Turner and Hester, 1985).
Loyd Doty reports:
ANTHON (Lanceolate) – was named by Frank A. Weir and Glen H. Doran for examples found at the Anthon type site (41UV60) where 21 Anthon projectiles were recovered from a campsite on a terrace of the Nueces River in southern Uvalde County, Texas about 25 miles below the Balcones Escarpment. They are small to medium sized (1 to 2 ½”) projectiles and knives that are triangular in outline with slightly convex blade edges. Bases are usually straight to convex and slightly canted to the longitudinal axis. Bases can be moderately to extremely thinned. The marked attribute of this type is the slight to extreme left beveling of the blade. Tips are sharp and bases are straight. They were in use during the Middle Archaic period and distribution is from central to southern Texas. Reference: The Anthon Site: A Prehistoric Encampment in Southern Uvalde County, TX. TxDOT General Service – Publications.
Subsequent studies of this type has determined that this is a knife in the last stage of thinning. This type is commonly included in the Kinney type. (Turner and Hester, 1985).
Loyd Doty reports:
ANTHON (Lanceolate) – was named by Frank A. Weir and Glen H. Doran for examples found at the Anthon type site (41UV60) where 21 Anthon projectiles were recovered from a campsite on a terrace of the Nueces River in southern Uvalde County, Texas about 25 miles below the Balcones Escarpment. They are small to medium sized (1 to 2 ½”) projectiles and knives that are triangular in outline with slightly convex blade edges. Bases are usually straight to convex and slightly canted to the longitudinal axis. Bases can be moderately to extremely thinned. The marked attribute of this type is the slight to extreme left beveling of the blade. Tips are sharp and bases are straight. They were in use during the Middle Archaic period and distribution is from central to southern Texas. Reference: The Anthon Site: A Prehistoric Encampment in Southern Uvalde County, TX. TxDOT General Service – Publications.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found from the Gulf Coast into the Pecos region and into central Texas.
This point is primarily found from the Gulf Coast into the Pecos region and into central Texas.
Age / Periods:
Date: 3,000 - 2,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Transitional Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial to Medieval Warm
Culture:
Date: 3,000 - 2,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Transitional Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial to Medieval Warm
Culture:
Age Details:
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