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Name Details:
Named By: Richard
"Scotty" MacNeish
Named For: Type
Site
Date Identified: 1993
Type Site: The La
Cueva Site, New Mexico
La Cueva
(Provisional Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
4,500 to 2,900 B.P.
Middle to Late Archaic
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium short stubby triangular side notch point with an
elliptical cross section. The blade may range from straight to
slightly excurvate. The shoulders vary from horizontal to
having an upward slope with an expanding stem. The base is
primarily slightly convex, but may range to slightly concave.
This point has a random flaking pattern and is commonly crudely
made.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 40 to 60 mm
(average 33 mm), Stem Length - 6 to 13 mm, Blade Width -
17 to 26 mm, Neck Width - 10 to 17 mm, Stem Width - 17
to 22 mm, Thickness - 5 to 8 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Jornada region of New Mexico,
Arizona, Chihuahua, and Sonora. These points are found into
western Texas, but have not been reported into the Big Bend region of
Texas.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity:
MacNeish was a pioneering
anthropologist who was most notable for his excavations and studies at Tamaulipas Mexico. This type has been references in professional publications and has many
professional references, but the number of examples are limited and more examples are needed to fully evaluate this type. This is considered a provisional type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
As illustrated by Richard MacNeish, 1993
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
167
La Cueva Projectile Point, La Cueva Arrowhead
