Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Don Krumpe and Richard McReynolds
Named For: Hidalgo County, Texas
Date Identified: 2009
Type Site:
Identified By: Don Krumpe and Richard McReynolds
Named For: Hidalgo County, Texas
Date Identified: 2009
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Provisional Type
Hidalgo Expanding Stem
Provisional TypeCluster:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is described as a medium to large (2 to 2.25 inches) thick expanding stem point. The cross section is elliptical and generally less than 10 mm. The blade is excurvate giving the point an ovate appearance. The shoulders are at an upward angle with an expanding stem with rounded basal corners.
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Additional Comments:
Loyd Doty notes:
HIDALGO (Stemmed) – is Spanish meaning 'gentleman'. This type was provisionally described by archaeologists Don Kumpe and Richard McReynolds in 2009, for examples recovered primarily in deflation troughs. A total of 41 Hidalgo points were described, 11 are from Starr County, 9 are from Zapata County, 10 are from Hidalgo County, and 9 are from Mexico. They are medium sized (2” to 2.25”) dart points and knives with convex or straight blade edges, straight or round shoulders, moderately long expanded stems with straight or slightly convex bases. They have only been recovered in Hildago, Starr and Zapata counties in Texas and three rivers in Mexico to date. They are undated but believed to have been in use during the early Archaic to Trans Paleo period. Reference: Kumpe, Don & Richard McReynolds 2009, Hidalgo: A Dart Point Type of the Lower Rio Grande. La Tierra v. 36, no. 1-2, p. 1-8
Loyd Doty notes:
HIDALGO (Stemmed) – is Spanish meaning 'gentleman'. This type was provisionally described by archaeologists Don Kumpe and Richard McReynolds in 2009, for examples recovered primarily in deflation troughs. A total of 41 Hidalgo points were described, 11 are from Starr County, 9 are from Zapata County, 10 are from Hidalgo County, and 9 are from Mexico. They are medium sized (2” to 2.25”) dart points and knives with convex or straight blade edges, straight or round shoulders, moderately long expanded stems with straight or slightly convex bases. They have only been recovered in Hildago, Starr and Zapata counties in Texas and three rivers in Mexico to date. They are undated but believed to have been in use during the early Archaic to Trans Paleo period. Reference: Kumpe, Don & Richard McReynolds 2009, Hidalgo: A Dart Point Type of the Lower Rio Grande. La Tierra v. 36, no. 1-2, p. 1-8
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is reported in Hidalgo, Starr, and Zapata counties and into Mexico.
This point is reported in Hidalgo, Starr, and Zapata counties and into Mexico.
Age / Periods:
Date: 5,500 - 4,300 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Date: 5,500 - 4,300 B.P.
Cultural Period: Middle Archaic
Glacial Period: Middle Holocene
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Godley
Godley
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
