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Name Details:
Named By:
T. N. Campbell and James E. Corbin
Named For: Padre Island
Date Identified: 1963 / 1974
Type Site: Coastal Bend Area of Texas
This point as identified by Campbell and Corbin during the archaeological
survey of 1963. It was was first published by Corbin in 1963 in a
discussion of the survey in the Bulletin of the Texas
Archeological Society. It was not formally described
until 1985 in 1985 by Ellen Sue Turner and Thomas R. Hester.
Padre
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
600 - 300 B.P.
Late Prehistoric
Little Ice Age
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small
ovoid shaped point with an elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate with a convex base. The blade may be finely
serrated. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found on Padre Island and the central Texas coast.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
This point has characteristics of both the Fresno and Cameron type (Hester et al, 2011).
Davis (1995) notes that the Padre type is similar to the Young type. Both
types have a ovoid appearance with convex bases, but the Young type is
usually larger and wider and exhibits cruder flaking. Davis feels that
the Padre type is a continuum of the Catan and Abasolo types (Moore,
2015).
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Corbin was a pioneering anthropologist who was a professor at the Austin State University.
He was a moving force in documenting Spanish and French settlements in Eastern Texas and specialized in eastern Texas archeology. This point was named in a professional publication and has many professional
references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
John Compton
As Illustrated by Hester et al, 2011
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
8, 23, 30, 182
Padre Projectile Point, Padre Arrowhead
