Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Herbert W. Dick
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1965
Type Site: Bat Cave, New Mexico
Identified By: Herbert W. Dick
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1965
Type Site: Bat Cave, New Mexico
Point Validity:
Valid type
Dick was a distinguished Anthropologist and a professor at the University of New Mexico. This type was named in a professional publication and has limited professional references primarily referring to points that came from the Bat Cave site. There are many references by collector sources. This is considered a valid type.
Dick was a distinguished Anthropologist and a professor at the University of New Mexico. This type was named in a professional publication and has limited professional references primarily referring to points that came from the Bat Cave site. There are many references by collector sources. This is considered a valid type.
Bat Cave Lanceolate
Cluster: Plano Lanceolate Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small thin lanceolate with a thin elliptical to flattened cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to recurvate with the tip curving in and constricting in at the waist and flaring back out towards the base. Examples with a deeply constricted waists any have a side notch or eared appearance. The base is concave and has basal thinning. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 32 to 55 mm (average 50 mm), Blade Width - 20 to 35 mm (average 23 mm), Thickness - 3 to 6 mm.
Total Length - 32 to 55 mm (average 50 mm), Blade Width - 20 to 35 mm (average 23 mm), Thickness - 3 to 6 mm.
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in southern New Mexico and into southern Arizona, southeastern California and into northwestern Chihuahua, and northern Sonora, Mexico.
This point is primarily found in southern New Mexico and into southern Arizona, southeastern California and into northwestern Chihuahua, and northern Sonora, Mexico.
Age / Periods:
Date: 9,000 - 8,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Early Holocene
Culture:
Date: 9,000 - 8,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Early Archaic
Glacial Period: Early Holocene
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