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Name Details:
Named By: Noel Justice (Buck Taylor)
Named For: Buck Taylor Springs, Upper Rio de Flag, near Flagstaff, Arizona
Date Identified: 2002
Type Site:
Buck Taylor Notched
AKA: Red Horn (Myers)
(Provisional Type)
Cluster: Pueblo Side Notch Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
600 - 200 B.P.
Classic to Historic
Little Ice Age
Yavapai Culture
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 to elliptical cross section. The blade is primarily straight. The blade
commonly has multiple notches on both blades. Notches may be a single to multiple notches, but are equal on both blades. Parallel U-shaped notches enter the blade forming horizontal shoulders and an expanded stem. The base is deeply concaved forming a V or U shape. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurement: Total Length - 18 to 32 mm, Stem Length -
13 to 15 mm, Neck Width - 6 to 9
mm, Max Width (basal width) - 12 to 20 mm, Thickness - 3
to 5 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in northwestern Arizona and into central Arizona with decreasing frequency.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Myers is an avocational archaeologist who first name this point (Red Horn), or similar point, in an artifact news letter in 1992. He lacked any real significant data or details to support this
as a true type. The name was never used professionally, and was used but only a few collectors. Justice redefined this type providing a clearing definition and supporting data. This point is now
considered the Buck Taylor type.
Point Validity: Provisional Type
Justice is a distinguished
anthropologist and Assistant Director and Curator of Collections at Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology at Indiana University. This point was named in his book on
points of the Southwest. There are currently few professional references to this type, but that may be due to the limited distribution and number of examples. This is considered a provisional type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 39
Buck Taylor Projectile Point, Buck Taylor Arrowhead
Red Horn Projectile Point, Red Horn Arowhead
