Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Barbara Roth and Bruce B. Huckell
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1991
Type Site: Cortaro Fan Site, Arizona
Identified By: Barbara Roth and Bruce B. Huckell
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1991
Type Site: Cortaro Fan Site, Arizona
Point Validity:
Valid type
Roth is an anthropologist and Professor at the University of Nevada – Las Vegas. She is an expert on the Mimbres Mogollon region and culture of southwestern New Mexico. Huckell is an anthropologist and has served as the Director of the Museum of Anthropology and a Professor at the University of New Mexico. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Roth is an anthropologist and Professor at the University of Nevada – Las Vegas. She is an expert on the Mimbres Mogollon region and culture of southwestern New Mexico. Huckell is an anthropologist and has served as the Director of the Museum of Anthropology and a Professor at the University of New Mexico. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Cortaro Concaved
Cluster: Cortaro Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium triangular to lanceolate point with an elliptical to median ridge cross section (diamond shape). This point may range from thin symmetrical with a flattened cross section to thick bulky asymmetrical with a median ridge. The blade is excurvate. The blade typically curves in at the base and has the maximum width just above the base. Heavily re-sharpened examples may have a pentagonal shape. The base is concave and may vary from a shallow to deep concavity. Basal thinning is commonly seen on this point. This point is manufactured using percussion flaking with occasional pressure flaking along the edged forming a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total Length - 29 to 58 mm (average 40 to 50 mm), Max. Blade Width - 14 to 22 mm, Basal Width - 14 to 24 mm (average 17 to 21 mm), Basal Concavity - 1 to 4 mm
Total Length - 29 to 58 mm (average 40 to 50 mm), Max. Blade Width - 14 to 22 mm, Basal Width - 14 to 24 mm (average 17 to 21 mm), Basal Concavity - 1 to 4 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Chert, basalt, quartz, chalcedony, and obsidian
Chert, basalt, quartz, chalcedony, and obsidian
Additional Comments:
This point is thought to be related to the Summit Valley Barbed point (Millingstone Horizon Site, Summit Valley, San Bernardo County, California / Mark Q. Sutton, Joan S. Schneider, Robert M. Yohi II, 1993). However, more research is needed to determine the association between the two points (Justice, 2002).
This point is thought to be related to the Summit Valley Barbed point (Millingstone Horizon Site, Summit Valley, San Bernardo County, California / Mark Q. Sutton, Joan S. Schneider, Robert M. Yohi II, 1993). However, more research is needed to determine the association between the two points (Justice, 2002).
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in northern Sonora and into southern Arizona and may be found infrequently into southwestern New Mexico. This type was reported at the La Playa site of northern Sonora, Mexico.
This point is primarily found in northern Sonora and into southern Arizona and may be found infrequently into southwestern New Mexico. This type was reported at the La Playa site of northern Sonora, Mexico.
Age / Periods:
Date: 4,500 - 3,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle to Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Culture:
Date: 4,500 - 3,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle to Late Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Culture:
Age Details:
This point is part of the Chiricahua to Late Cienega Phase
This point is part of the Chiricahua to Late Cienega Phase
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
