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Name Details:
Named By: Noel Justice
Named For: Walnut Canyon, Little Colorado River, near Flagstaff, Arizona
Date Identified: 2002
Type Site:
Walnut Canyon
(Provisional Type)
Cluster: Pueblo Side Notch Cluster
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
850 - 700 B.P.
Developmental
Late Prehistory
Medieval Warm
Sinagua Culture
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small thin
triangular side notch point with a flattened to elliptical cross section. The blade may vary from straight to slightly excurvate. Small narrow parallel notches entering high on the blade and may vary from entering at a horizontal axis at or below the midpoint of the blade. The
shoulders are horizontal with and expanded stem. This point has a large basal area with many examples have parallel edges on the basal region. The basal ears may range from sharp to being slightly rounded. The base may vary from deeply concave to having a deep V appearance. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurement: Total Length - 25 to 56 mm, Stem Length -
12 to 18 mm, Neck Width - 4 to 8
mm, Max Width (basal width) - 11 to 21 mm, Thickness - 2
to 4 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in east-central Arizona and into west-central New Mexico. This point has been found as far east as Pecos Pueblo site and as far west as Ridge Ruin,
and south into the Point of the Pines site.
Additional Comments:
This type is similar to the Ridge Ruin type. The key difference between the two types is that the Walnut Canyon has a deeply concave or V shaped base while the Ridge Ruin type has a straight to concave base,
but not as deeply concave as the Walnut Canyon type. Notches on the Walnut Canyon type are parallel while notches on the Ridge Ruin type typically angle downward.
Point Validity: Provisional Type
Justice is a distinguished
anthropologist and Assistant Director and Curator of Collections at Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology at Indiana University. This point was named in his book on
points of the Southwest. There are currently few professional references to this type. This is considered a provisional type.
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Age Details:
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
23, 30, 39
Walnut Canyon Projectile Point, Walnut Canyon Arrowhead
