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Name Details:
Named By: Richard
S. MacNeish
Named For:
Date Identified:
1958
Type Site:
Pasitas Corner Notch
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
700 to 300 B.P.
Late Prehistoric to Historic
Medieval Warm to Little
Ice Age
Los Angeles Phase
Glacial Period:
Phase:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a thin small to medium triangular corner notch point with an
elliptical cross section. Then blade is excurvate. The
shoulder are prominent and very from horizontal to a slight upward
angle. The stem is expanding with a concave base and rounded basal
corners. This point is formed using percussion flaking to rough
out the preform and all edges are finished using pressure flaking
forming a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Length - 28 to 37 mm, Blade Width -
9 to 19 mm, Notch Width - 2 to 3 mm, Notch Depth - 2 mm,
Basal Concave - 2 mm, Thickness - 2 to 4 mm (***based on small
sample size***)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This type has been reported in Sierra de Tamaulipas, Mexico
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
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. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
191
Pasitas Projectile Point, Pasitas Arrowhead
