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Name Details:
Named By: G. Vivian and T. W. Mathews
 Named For: Type Site
 Date Identified: 1965
 Type Site: Kin Kletso site, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
 Kin Kletso
(Pueblo Side Notch Sub-type)
 Cluster: Pueblo Side Notch Cluster









Commonly Utilized Material:


Date:                   
Cultural Period:   
700 - 500 B.P.
Classic - Late Prehistory
Medieval Warm to Little Ice Age

Glacial Period:

Culture:
     
      


Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:



Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:

This is a small triangular side notch point with a flattened cross section.  The blade is straight with small narrow parallel notches entering the blade towards the base on a horizontal axis.  The shoulders are horizontal with and expanded stem.  The base is straight.  This point has a random flaking pattern.    

Size Measurements:  Total Length -15 to 32 mm,  Stem Length - 4 to 6 mm,  Blade Width - 9 to 14 mm,  Neck Width - 5 to 9 mm,  Basal Width - 12 to 15 mm,  Thickness - 2 to 4 mm

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

This point is primarily associated with Chaco Canyon in New Mexico.

Similar Points:
Awatovi, Buck Taylor, Desert, Point of the Pines, Salado, Toyah, Washita
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Pictures:

Other points in this Cluster:
Awatovi, Buck Taylor, Citrus Side Notch, Gatlin, Kin Kletso, Point of the Pines, Ridge Ruin Side Notch, Snaketown Side Notch, Walnut Canyon
Point Validity:   Pueblo Side Notch Sub - Type



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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Stephen Tyson





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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):

30, 43
Kin Kelso Projectile Point, Kin Kletso Arrowhead