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Name Details:
Named By: Alston V. Thoms
Named For: Tesuque Valley, Arizona
Date Identified: 1977
Type Site:
Tesuque
(Provisional Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Most commonly obsidian followed by locally available
cherts.
Date:
Cultural Period:
1,750 - 500 B.P.
Developmental to Classic
Prehistoric
Roman to Medieval Warm
Basketmaker III Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small triangular corner notch point with a flattened cross section. The blade is primarily straight. The shouldered a barbed with slightly rounded terminations.
The stem is expanding with rounded basal corners and a slight convex base. This point is
manufactured using broad percussion flaking with secondary pressure
flaking obscuring the primary flaking forming a random flaking pattern
and is commonly well made.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 11 to
29 mm, Stem Length - 3 to 6 mm, Blade Width - 11 to 18 mm,
Base Width - 5 to 9 mm, Thickness - 2 to 4 mm (Thoms, 1977).
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Tesuque Valley region of Arizona. MacNeish reported finding a single example in southern New Mexico, but he theorized that it was traded in.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
MacNeish (2003), discusses this type in his publication on Pindejo Cave. He notes that this type is not commonly found in the Jornada region and that the example found at Pindejo Cave must have been traded in.
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Provisional Type
Thoms is a distinguished anthropologist and professor for the Department of
Anthropology at Texas A&M University. He has conducted extensive
studies into southwestern archeology. This type was named in his MS
Thesis. This name was used by Richard MacNeish in his discussion of
Pinejo Cave, but has no additional professional references found. This
is considered a provisional type.
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Age Details:
MacNesih places this point in the Mesilla and El Paso phases of the desert southwest.
Pictures Provided By:
As Illustrated by MacNeish, 2003
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
74
Tesuque Projectile Point, Tesuque Arrowhead
