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Name Details:
Named By:  Noel Justice
Named For: White Mountains
Date Identified: 2002
Type Site:
White Mountain Side Notch
 (Provisional Type)
Cluster: Pueblo Side Notch Cluster


Commonly Utilized Material:
Basalt, Chert

Date:                   
Cultural Period:   
600 - 200 B.P.
Classic to Historic
Little Ice Age
Salado Culture

Glacial Period:
Culture:
     
      


Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:



Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:

This is a small triangular side notch point with a flattened to elliptical cross section.  The blade is primarily slightly excurvate with a "stubby" or "squatty" appearance.  The blade has a single notch above the shoulders on both blades.  Parallel U-shaped notches enter the blade forming horizontal shoulders and an expanded stem.  The base is deeply concaved forming a U shape.  This point has a random flaking pattern.    

Size Measurement:  Total Length - 20 to 32 mm,  Stem Length - 6 to 9 mm,  Neck Width - 8 to 12 mm,  Max Width - 12 to 20 mm,  Thickness - 3 to 5 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in eastern Arizona, as far as Roosevelt Lake and into western New Mexico decreasing frequency.  This point is found into Tsegi Canyon of northern Arizona and as far south as Gleeson Arizona (Justice, 2002).
Similar Points:
Awatovi, Buck Taylor, Desert, Del Carmen, Sobaipuri
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:

This point is similar to the Buck Taylor point found in central to western Arizona.




Pictures:


Other points in this Cluster:
Awatovi, Buck Taylor, Citrus Side Notch, Gatlin, Pueblo Side Notch, Point of the Pines, Ridge Ruin Side Notch, Snaketown Side Notch, Walnut Canyon
Point Validity:    Provisional  Type

Justice is a distinguished archaeologist 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, but that may be due to the limited distribution and number of examples.  This is considered a provisional type.





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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By: 
As Illustrated by Justice, 2002
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):

23, 30, 39
White Mountain Projectile Point, White Mountain Arrowhead