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Name Details:
Named By: Eric Ritter
 Named For: Sierra Zacatecas, Baja California, Mexico
 Date Identified:  1979
 Type Site:
Zacatecas
 Cluster:


Commonly Utilized Material:


Date:                   
Cultural Period:   
7,500 - 4,000 B.P.
Early to 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 medium to large (2 to 4 inches) triangular stemmed point with an elliptical cross section.  The blade is slightly excurvate.  The shoulders range from horizontal to having a slight upward angel.  The stem is long with parallel sides. 

Size Measurements:  Data needed

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

Full distribution is not know, found in the Bahia Conception, Baja California, Mexico.

Similar Points:
Amargosa, Armadillo, Borax Lake, Fresnal, La Mina
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Additional Comments:

Loyd Doty notes:

ZACATECAS – was named by archaeologist Eric W. Ritter for five examples he studied that were recovered from sites in the Sierra Zacatecas, west of Bahia Concepcion.  The specimens he illustrated are medium to large sized (2” to 4”) with straight sides and broad, straight stems with straight to slightly convex bases.  Reference: Ritter, Eric W. 1979. An Archaeological Study of South-Central Baja California, Mexico. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Davis. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Ritter, Eric W. 2001. Observations Regarding the Prehistoric Archaeology of Central Baja California. Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly 37(4):53-80.  Ritter, Eric W. 2006a. South-Central Baja California. In The Prehistory of Baja California: Advances in the Archaeology of the Forgotten Peninsula, edited by Don Laylander and Jerry D. Moore, pp. 99-116. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.







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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 Ritter's Ph.D. dissertation and has several professional references.  This is considered a valid type.




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A special thanks to Loyd Doty for providing additional information and pictures.

As Illustrated by Ritter, 2019
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):

92, 187, W24
Vacatecas Projectile Point, Vacatecas Arrowhead