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Name Details:
Named By:   Dwain Rodgers
 Named For:   San Jacinto River, Highlands, Texas
 Date Identified: 
Type Site:
 San Jacinto
(Collector Type)
 Cluster:


Commonly Utilized Material:


Date:                   
Cultural Period:   
5,500 - 4,000 B.P.
Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene

Glacial Period:
Culture:
     
      


Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:

This is a thin medium to large triangular corner notch point with a flattened to elliptical cross section.  The blade is excurvate and may be finely serrated.  Diagonal notches enter the blade from the corners forming shoulders that are barbed and an expanding stem.  The base may vary from straight to slightly convex.  This point has a random flaking pattern.

Size Measurements:  Total Length - 70 to 110 mm,  Stem Length - 13 to 16 mm,  Blade Width - 30 to 40 mm,  Neck Width - 12 to 17 mm,  Stem Width - 18 to 30 mm   (***Based on small sample size***)

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
 This point is primarily found in the Gulf Coastal region and into the Coastal Plains of Texas.
Similar Points:
Castroville, Ensor, Marcos, Marshall
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:





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Point Validity:    Collector Type

Rodgers is an artifact authenticator in Texas who has written a book on the Knives of Texas.  This point was named in his personally published book and has no professional references and limited collector type references.  This is considered a collector type.





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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):

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San Jacinto Projectile Point, San Jacinto Arrowhead