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Name Details:
Named By: Gregory Perino
Named For:
Date Identified: 1991
Type Site: Ventana Cave, Arizona
Santa Cruz
(Collector Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,300 - 1,000 B.P.
Developmental - Late Prehistoric
Vandal Minimum
Hohokam Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small triangular
contracting stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from straight to incurvate. The blade may vary
from finely to
deeply serrate. The shoulders range from slightly barbed to having a slightly upward angle. The basal notching forms a short contracting stem with a convex base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Salt and Gila River valley's, but may be found through out southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico in Hohokam Cultural and trading regions.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
These points probably represent small Hodges Contracting Stem type
points.
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Point Validity: Collector Type
Perino was a well-respected self-taught archeologist who was the founder of the Illinois State Archeological Society. This point was named in a his publication on projectile
points in North America. This type has no professional references, and has many collector type references. This is considered a collector type.
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30
Santa Cruz Projectile Point, Santa Cruz Arrowhead
