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Name Details:
Named By: Richard
S. MacNeish
Named For: San
Fernando River, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Date Identified:
1958
Type Site:
San Fernando Stemmed
Provisional Type
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
Unknown
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Phase:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large triangular stemmed point with an elliptical
cross section. The blade is excurvate with slightly barbed
shoulders. The stem is straight with a concave base. This
type is made using initial percussion flaking and finishing all edges
with pressure flaking forming a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Length - average 55 mm, Stem Length - 4 to 14 mm, Blade Width -
average 30 mm,
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This type is reported in central Tamaulipas, Mexico
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Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Provisional 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, but further
dating and information is needed. This is considered a provisional type.
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
191
Coxtanlan Projectile Point, Coxtanlan Arrowhead
