Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Alex D. Krieger
Named For: Bonham, Fannin County, Texas
Date Identified: 1946
Type Site: Sanders Site, Fannin County, Texas
Identified By: Alex D. Krieger
Named For: Bonham, Fannin County, Texas
Date Identified: 1946
Type Site: Sanders Site, Fannin County, Texas
Point Validity:
Valid type
Krieger was a renowned anthropologist who spent most of his career in Texas cataloging projectile points and pottery in Texas before moving on to the University of Washington. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Krieger was a renowned anthropologist who spent most of his career in Texas cataloging projectile points and pottery in Texas before moving on to the University of Washington. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Bonham Barbed
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small to medium (.75 to 1.75 inches) triangular stemmed point with an elliptical to flattened cross section. The blade is slender and may vary from straight, incurvate, or recurvate flaring at the shoulders edge. Many examples have finely serrated blades. The shoulders are well defined and may range from horizontal, a downward slope, or slightly barbed. The rectangular stem is narrow and most commonly straight, but may vary to slightly expanding. The base is straight. This point commonly has a high quality of workmanship and has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 20 to 45 mm, Stem Length - 5 to 7 mm, Width - 10 to 18 mm, Stem Width - 3 to 5 mm (Suhm and Krieger, 1954).
Total Length - 20 to 45 mm, Stem Length - 5 to 7 mm, Width - 10 to 18 mm, Stem Width - 3 to 5 mm (Suhm and Krieger, 1954).
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
This point is similar to the Alba point. However, this blade and stem are generally narrower and the blade edges are primarily straight rather than incurvate or recurvate (Suhm and Krieger, 1954).
Shafer (2006) proposed a Bonham-Alba classification, encompassing specimens dating around A.D. 100 from Central Texas into East Texas.
This point is similar to the Alba point. However, this blade and stem are generally narrower and the blade edges are primarily straight rather than incurvate or recurvate (Suhm and Krieger, 1954).
Shafer (2006) proposed a Bonham-Alba classification, encompassing specimens dating around A.D. 100 from Central Texas into East Texas.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in Red River Valley of north-central to northeastern Texas and western-central to northwestern Louisiana. This point may be found into southwestern Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma (red). Rarely this point has been reported into the Pecos River basin of Texas of western Texas into eastern New Mexico (yellow)
This point is primarily found in Red River Valley of north-central to northeastern Texas and western-central to northwestern Louisiana. This point may be found into southwestern Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma (red). Rarely this point has been reported into the Pecos River basin of Texas of western Texas into eastern New Mexico (yellow)
Age / Periods:
Date: 1,200 - 400 B.P.
Cultural Period:Mississippian - Late Prehistoric
Glacial Period: Little Ice Age
Culture:
Date: 1,200 - 400 B.P.
Cultural Period:Mississippian - Late Prehistoric
Glacial Period: Little Ice Age
Culture:
Age Details:
Krieger (1946) and Suhm et al. (1954), note that this is a common type of the Sander Focus, also occurring in the later stages of the Spiro Focus.
Krieger (1946) and Suhm et al. (1954), note that this is a common type of the Sander Focus, also occurring in the later stages of the Spiro Focus.
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
