Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Richard S. MacNeish
Named For: Coxtanlan, Puebla, Mexico
Date Identified: 1967
Type Site:
Identified By: Richard S. MacNeish
Named For: Coxtanlan, Puebla, Mexico
Date Identified: 1967
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Valid type
MacNeish was a pioneering anthropologist who was most notable for his excavations and studies at Tamaulipas Mexico. This type has been references in professional publications and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
MacNeish was a pioneering anthropologist who was most notable for his excavations and studies at Tamaulipas Mexico. This type has been references in professional publications and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
Coxtanlan Barbed
Cluster: Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small to medium triangular contracting stem point with a thin cross section. The blade ranges from straight to slightly incurvate and is commonly finely serrated and beveled. This point is generally wider than the length of the point. The shoulders are barbed at a right angle to the longitudinal axis. The stem is contracting with a most commonly pointed base, but may vary to convex. This type is manufactured from a thin flake and further thinned and shaped using fine pressure flaking. This type has fine workmanship and a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Length - 25 to 56 mm (average 33 mm), Stem Length - 6 to 14 mm (average 10 mm), Blade Width - 20 to 47 mm (average 34 mm), Stem Width - 5 to 20 mm (average 13 mm), Thickness - 7 to 15 mm (average 6 mm)
Length - 25 to 56 mm (average 33 mm), Stem Length - 6 to 14 mm (average 10 mm), Blade Width - 20 to 47 mm (average 34 mm), Stem Width - 5 to 20 mm (average 13 mm), Thickness - 7 to 15 mm (average 6 mm)
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
These points are similar to the Garyito points except they tend to be smaller and not as wide as commonly seen on the Coxtanlan points (MacNeish, 1967)
These points are similar to the Garyito points except they tend to be smaller and not as wide as commonly seen on the Coxtanlan points (MacNeish, 1967)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This type has been reported in the Valley of Mexico, Tehuacan Valley, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, and Sierra Gordo, Querertaro, Mexico.
This type has been reported in the Valley of Mexico, Tehuacan Valley, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, and Sierra Gordo, Querertaro, Mexico.
Age / Periods:
Date: 4,000 - 2,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late to Transitional Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Date: 4,000 - 2,500 B.P.
Cultural Period: Late to Transitional Archaic
Glacial Period: Neoglacial
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Acatita, Axolotl, Encino Type II, Garyito, Ranilla, San Isidro, San Martin, Tilapa, Trinidad, Ventana Amagosa
Acatita, Axolotl, Encino Type II, Garyito, Ranilla, San Isidro, San Martin, Tilapa, Trinidad, Ventana Amagosa
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
