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Name Details:
Named By: Don
Krumpe and Richard McReynolds
Named For: Hidalgo County, Texas
Date Identified: 2009
Type Site:
Hidalgo
(Provisinal Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
5,500 - 4,300 B.P.
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
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 10mm. 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.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is reported in Hidalgo, Starr, and Zapata counties and into Mexico.
Related / Associated Points:
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
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Provisional Type
.
Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Infomration and pictures provided by Loyd Doty
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
8, 30, 93
Hidalgo Projectile Point, Hidalgo Arrowhead
