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Name Details:
Named By: Richard
S. MacNeish
Named For:
Type Site
Date Identified:
1967
Type Site: San Nicolas
Cave, Queretaro, Mexico
San Nicolas
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
5,000 - 2,500 B.P.
Middle to Transitional Archaic
Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large contracting stem point with an elliptical
cross section. The blade is long and narrow with slightly
excurvate to straight edges. The shoulders range from weak to
absent and at an upward angle. The stem is short and contracting
with a convex to almost pointed base. Older examples have hafting
region grinding present while newer points lack any grinding. This
type is manufactured using percussion flaking to shape out the preform
and finished shaping and sharpening using pressure flaking forming a
random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Length - 42 to 61mm (average 54 mm), Stem Length - 7 to 29 mm
(average 19 mm), Blade Width -
20 to 36 mm (average 32 mm), Stem Width - 11 to 27 mm (average 18 mm), Thickness -
5 to 12 mm (average 8 mm)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This type has been reported in southern Tamaulipas, the Valley of
Mexico, and in the Tehuacan Valley of Mexico.
Similar Points:
Acatita, Almagre, Augustin, Axolotl, Coahuila, Desmuke, Garyito, Gypsum Cave, Hidalgo, Silver Lake, Tlanalapa, Trinidad Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
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):
189, 190
San Nicolas Projectile Point, San Nicolas Arrowhead
