Name Details:
Named By: Charles Meyer
Named For:
Date Identified: 1994
Type Site: Ventana Cave, Arizona
Squaw Mountain
(Collector Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
5,500 - 3,800 B.P.
Middle to Late Archaic
Middle Holocene to
Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium side notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from excurvate to straight. The shoulders are commonly at an upward angle and may be weak on heavily
re-sharpened examples. The stem is expanding with a deep concave base giving the appearance of drooping ears. The stem is commonly wider than the base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 20 to 75+ mm
(average 20 to 25 mm. Exhausted examples may be significantly
shorter), Stem Length - 6 to 15 mm, Blade Width - 12
to 22 mm (17 t 18 mm), Neck Width - 9 to 18 mm, Basal Width - 11
to 22 mm, Thickness - 4 to 8 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Southwest and southern Colorado Plateau.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
These points were originally called Leupp Side Notch by Michael Rondeau (1979) for examples found at Kahorsho Site in Arizona. Charles Meyer re-named this point Squaw Mountain for examples from Ventana
Cave. He named these points in Indian Artifacts Magazine Vol. 13-3 (a collector's magazine) and was never accepted by professional archaeologist. This type was re-named Ventana Side Notch by Noel Justice
in 2002 and has become the accepted name for this type. Some collector sources argue that this type differs from the Ventana Side Notch in that the basal has a deeper concave than the Ventana Side Notch, but no
statistical analysis of the two type have been conducted to substantiate this claim.
Pictures:
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Point Validity: Collector Type
Meyers is an avocational archaeologist who studied the projectile points of Arizona.
This type was named in a collectors magazine and has no professional references. There are several collector type references to this type (see additional comments). This is considered collector
type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 39
Squaw Mountain Projectile Point, Squaw Mountain Arrowhead
