Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Justice, 2002
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
167
Hueco Projectile Point, Hueco Arrowhead
Name Details:
Named By: Richard
"Scotty" MacNeish
Named For:
Hueco Phase
Date Identified:
1993
Type Site:
Hueco
San Pedro variation
Cluster: San Pedro Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
3,000 - 1,700 B.P.
Late to Transitional Archaic
Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Cochise Culture
Date:
Cultural Period:
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin medium triangular corner notch point with an elliptical cross
section. The blade is broad and excurvate. Notches
enter from the corner of the preform forming a shoulder that is barbed
and an expanding stem. The base ranges from straight to convex
with rounded basal corner. This point has as a Radom flaking
pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 12 to
60 mm (average 34 mm), Stem Length - 7 to 13 mm, Blade Width -
7 to 32 mm (average 20 to 25 mm),
Neck Width - 8 to 16 mm, Basal Width - 8 to 18 mm, Thickness
4 to 10 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This name is applied to San Pedro points that have broad thin blades
with corner notches associated with the Mogollon and Hohokam cultures
(red). A similar variation associated with the Ancestral Puebloan
culture called En Medio is found further north (yellow). The green
represents the remaining distribution of the San Pedro point not
associated with these cultures.
Additional Comments:
This point has been refer to as the En Medio point, the Basketmaker II point, and the Hueco point. These points may represent the same technologies or continuum of technologies with a
slight regional difference. The name Hueco or Basketmaker II has been applied to points with a wider thinner blade with wide notches and a narrow neck while other points found at the same location that have a
slightly narrower blade may be classified as San Pedro points. The overall stylistic attributes may have slight variation, the technology remains the same. (Justice, 2002).
En Medio name was used by Cynthia Irwin-Williams for examples found at En Medio shelter in New Mexico. These have also been associated with the Basketmaker II. Smaller examples
associated with the
Basketmaker III were typed Trujillo by Irwin-Williams.
Point Validity: San Pedro Variation
MacNeish was a pioneering
anthropologist who was most notable for his excavations and studies at Tamaulipas Mexico.
This point was identified in a professional publication and has many
professional references. It is considered a variation of the San Pedro
point.
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Age Details:
This point is part of the San Pedro Phase
