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Name Details:
Named By: E. B. Sayles
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1965
Type Site: Snaketown Site, Arizona
Salt River Indented Base
Cluster: Snaketown Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,150 - 1,000 B.P.
Developmental / Late Prehistoric
Medieval Warm
Hohokam Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium
triangular expanding stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from slightly excurvate, straight, or slightly incurvate and is deeply serrated. The serrations are generally symmetrical and start deep towards the base and become finer towards the tip. The blade is narrow, and usually has a width that is
the same as the thickness of the blade. The shoulders may vary from barbed to horizontal. The stem may range from straight
to expanding. The base is deeply concave forming basal ears. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 35 to
110 mm, Stem Length - 10 to 14 mm, Blade Width - 11 to 20
mm, Neck Width - 7 to 12 mm, Basal Width - 10 to 16 mm,
Thickness - 4 to 6 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Salt and Gila River valley's.
Additional Comments:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Sayles was a pioneering
avocational “field” archaeologist who conducted one of the first archaeological surveys of Texas. He was the co-founder of the Texas Archaeological Society. This type was named in a professional publication and has many professional references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
This is part of the Santa Cruz Phase.
Pictures Provided By:
Michael Sharp
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 39
Salt River Projectile Point, Salt River Arrowhead
