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Name Details:
Named By: Michael
W. Spence
Named For:
Date Identified:
1971
Type Site:
San Antonio Corner Notch
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,000 - 1,050 B.P.
Late Archaic to Preclassic
Neoglacial to Medieval Warm
Llano Grande, Suchil, Guadiana, and Loma cultures
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular corner notch point with a thin elliptical
cross section. The blade is excurvate. Deep notches enter
the corner of the preform forming a shoulder that ranges from slightly
barbed to horizontal. The stem is expanding with a convex base.
This point commonly has a high degree of workmanship with a random
flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Length - 25 to 40 mm (average 32 mm), Blade Width -
16 to 24 mm (average 20 mm), Thickness - 3 to 5 mm (average
4 mm)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
These point were found in association with site from the Llano Grande,
Loma San Gabriel, and Guadiana Chalchihuites cultures. the cultural
regions of Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora, Sinloa, Nayarit, Zacatecas, San
Luis Potosi, Jalisco, and Aguascalientes Mexico.
Similar Points:
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
.
Age Details:
Appear in Los Caracoles complex and continues
through subsequent complexes (Spence, 1971)
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
195
San Antonio Corner Notch Projectile Point, San Antonio Corner Notch Arrowhead
