Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: C. B. Cosgrove (named) / R. S. MacNeish (further described)
Named For:
Date Identified: 1947 / 1993
Type Site:
Identified By: C. B. Cosgrove (named) / R. S. MacNeish (further described)
Named For:
Date Identified: 1947 / 1993
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Provisional type
Hatch Stemmed
Provisional TypeCluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular stemmed point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with barbed shoulders that have a "drooping" appearance. The stem is generally long and expanding with rounded basal corners and a slightly convex base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements:
Total length - 23 to 39 mm (average 29 mm), Stem Length - 5 to 12 mm, Blade Width - 10 to 23 mm, Neck Width - 6 to 11 mm, Stem Width - 8 to 12 mm, Thickness - 5 to 9 mm
Total length - 23 to 39 mm (average 29 mm), Stem Length - 5 to 12 mm, Blade Width - 10 to 23 mm, Neck Width - 6 to 11 mm, Stem Width - 8 to 12 mm, Thickness - 5 to 9 mm
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
See: Cosgrove, C. B. (1947), Caves of the Upper Gila and Heuco areas of New Mexico and Texas, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Anthropology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol XXII, No. 2, Cambridge MA
See: Cosgrove, C. B. (1947), Caves of the Upper Gila and Heuco areas of New Mexico and Texas, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Anthropology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol XXII, No. 2, Cambridge MA
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Jornada, Upper Gila, and Heuco regions of New Mexico, Chihuahua, and western Texas.
This point is primarily found in the Jornada, Upper Gila, and Heuco regions of New Mexico, Chihuahua, and western Texas.
Age / Periods:
Date: 3,000 - 1,300 B.P.
Cultural Period: Transitional Archaic to Developmental
Glacial Period: Neoglacial to Little Ice Age
Culture:
Date: 3,000 - 1,300 B.P.
Cultural Period: Transitional Archaic to Developmental
Glacial Period: Neoglacial to Little Ice Age
Culture:
Age Details:
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
