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Name Details:
Named By: R Jane Sliva
Named For:
Date Identified: 2009
Type Site:
Tallarin
(Provisional Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
3,000
- 1,500 B.P.
Late Archaic
Neoglacial to Roman Warm
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium triangular contracting stem point with an elliptical cross section. The blade
may vary from excurvate to an inward recurvate shape. The blades are finely serrated. The shoulders are at an upward angle
and rounded. The stem is slightly smaller than the width. The stem is contracting with a convex base. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found on the floodplain of the Santa Cruz River and the Tucson Basin.
Additional Comments:
These points are similar to the Empire points from the same area, but these points have a wider blade and a contracting stem where the Empire points have a narrow blade and a straight to slightly expanding stem.
These points are distinguished from San Pedro points by the lack of side notching or shoulder barbs or the prominent shoulders that are seen in the San Pedro type. This point is similar to Gypsum points, but
differs from that point by the weaker shoulders with a wider stem that is wide and has a broad convex base (Sliva, 2009).
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Point Validity: Provisional Type
Sliva has conducted extensive analyses of flaked stone
and constructed and extensive database on flaked stones of Arizona. This type was named in a professional publication, but has limited professional references. This type needs greater professional
recognition. This is considered a provisional type.
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Age Details:
No sites have been radiocarbon dated yet, dates based on associated Empire and San Pedro points (Sliva, 2009)
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by Sliva, 2009
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
53
Tallarin Projectile Point, Tallarin Arrowhead
