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Name Details:
Named By: Eric
Ritter
Named For: Vizcaino
Desert, Baja California, Mexico
Date Identified:
2006
Type Site:
Vizcaino
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
6,000 - 5,000 B.P.
Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a large (3 to 5 inches) ovoid corner notch point with an
elliptical cross section. The blade is excurvate. The shoulders
are slightly barbed with an expanding sten. The base is convex
giving a bulbous appearance. This point has a random flaking
pattern.
Size Measurements: Data
needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
The full distribution is unknown, but seems to be limited to the
Vizcaino Desert in Baja California Mexico.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Loyd Doty notes:
VIZCAÍNO (Corner Notch) - is a Spanish surname. This point
type was named by archaeologist Eric Ritter based on examples he studied in
collections found in the Vizcaíno Desert, Baja California. They are large (3” to 5”) knives with convex blade edges, barbed
shoulders, corner notches and bulbous bases. Distribution is limited to the immediate area of discovery and they
were in use during the middle Archaic period. Reference: Ritter, Eric W. 2006b. The Vizcaíno Desert. In The Prehistory of Baja
California: Advances in the Archaeology of the Forgotten Peninsula,
edited by Don Laylander and Jerry D. Moore, pp. 135-152. University Press of
Florida, Gainesville.
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid Type
Ritter was a distinguished anthropologist at the University of California.
He conducted extensive research throughout Baja California. This point
was identified in a professional publication and has several professional
references. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
A special thanks to Loyd Doty for providing additional information and
pictures
As Illustrated by Ritter, 2012
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
92, 187, W24
Vizcaino Projectile Point, Vizcaino Arrowhead
