Name Details:
Named By: E. B. Sayles
 Named For:  Type Site
 Date Identified:  1965
 Type Site: Snaketown Site, Arizona
 Snaketown Side Notch
 Cluster: Pueblo Side Notch Cluster


Commonly Utilized Material:


Date:                   
Cultural Period:   
1,050 - 850 B.P.
Developmental
Medieval Warm
Hohokam Culture

Glacial Period:
Culture:
     
      


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

This is a small narrow triangular point with a flattened to elliptical cross section.  The blade is primarily straight with shallow serrations.  Some examples may have a slightly excurvate serrated blade.  The blade serrations are generally symmetrical with deeper serrations towards the base and getting shallower towards the tip.  The shoulders are horizontal with an expanding stem.  This type may be a Snaketown Triangle with deep serrations towards the base.  The base may vary between straight to concave.  Examples with a deep concave base may have the appearance of basal ears.  This point has a random flaking pattern.    

Size Measurement:  Total Length - 20 to 34 mm,  Stem Length - 6 to 8 mm,  Blade Width - 9 to 14 mm,  Neck Width - 4 to 7 mm,  Basal Width - 9 to 14 mm,  Thickness - 2 to 4 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
 This point is primarily found  in central Arizona and into southwestern New Mexico within the Hohokam cultural region.  Distribution extends into Sonora and Chihuahua Mexico, but full distribution in Mexico is not known.
Similar Points:
Bonito, Gatlin, Gila River, Pueblo
Related / Associated Points:
Gila River, Snaketown Stemmed, Snaketown Triangle
Additional Comments:

 These pints have been subdivided into Triangular, Stemmed, and Side Notch.   Another variant is the Gila River which has been referred to as the Snaketown Barbed (Justice, 2002).



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Other points in this Cluster:
Awatovi, Buck Taylor, Citrus Side Notch, Gatlin, Pueblo Side Notch, Sitgreaves, Point of the Pines, Ridge Ruin Side Notch, Snaketown Side Notch, Walnut Canyon
Point Validity:    Valid Type

Sayles was a pioneering avocational “field” archaeologist who conducted one of the first archaeological surveys of Texas.  He was the co-founder of the Texas Archaeological Society.  This type was named in a professional publication 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):

23, 30, 39
Snaketown Side Notch Projectile Point, Snaketown Side Notch Arrowhead