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Name Details:
Named By: Noel Justice
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 2002
Type Site: Hodges Site, southern Arizona
Hodges Contracting Stem
Cluster: Snaketown Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,300 - 1,000 B.P.
Developmental - Late Prehistoric
Vandal Minimum to
Medieval Warm
Hohokam Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small
to medium triangular
contracting stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from straight to incurvate. The blade is
deeply serrated and is commonly as thick as it is wide. The shoulders are barbed which are formed by notching the base of the preform. The basal notching forms a short contracting stem with a convex base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 15 to
55 mm (average 25 to 35 mm), Stem Length - 2 to 5 mm, Blade
Width - 10 to 16 mm, Stem Width - 3 to 6 mm, Thickness - 3
to 6 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Salt and Gila River valley's, but may be found through out southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico in Hohokam Cultural and trading regions.
Distribution extends into Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico. Full
distribution in Mexico is not known.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
There is a variant to this point which is a smaller point with a longer stem. (Justice, 2002).
Pictures:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Justice is a distinguished
anthropologist and Assistant Director and Curator of Collections at Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology at Indiana University. This point was named in his book on
points of the Southwest and has professional references to this type. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Justice, 2002
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, W11
Hodges Projectile Point, Hodges Arrowhead
