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Name Details:
Named By: Michael
W. Spence
Named For:
Date Identified:
1971
Type Site:
Suchil Side Notch
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,800 - 650 B.P.
Transitional Archaic to Classic
Roman to Medieval Warm
Suchil, Guadiana, and Loma cultures
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Phase:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to medium side notch point with a thin elliptical cross
section. The blade ranges from slightly excurvate to straight.
Notches enter the side of the preform low on the blade forming shoulders
varying from horizontal to having a slight upward angle. The stem
is expanded with a base that ranges from straight to slightly concave.
The base is always wider than the shoulders. This point has a
random flaking pattern. pentagonal stemmed point with a flattened cross section.
Size Measurements: Length - 23 to 51 mm (average 33 mm), Blade Width -
13 to 22 mm (average 18 mm), Thickness - 3 to 10 mm (average 5 mm)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
These points have been reported in the Loma, Guadiana, and Suchil
cultural regions of Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi,
Jalisco, and Aguascalientes Mexico.
Similar Points:
Ensor
Additional Comments:
This type was developed by the Suchil Chalchihuites culture and passed onto
the Guardiana Chalchiihuites and Loma cultures (Spence, 1971).
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
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Age Details:
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
195
Suchil Side Notch Projectile Point, Suchil Side Notch Arrowhead
