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Name Details:
Named By: Don
Kumpe, Richard L. McReynolds, and C. K. Chandler
Named For:
Zapata County, Texas
Date Identified:
2000
Type Site: Multiple
sites at Falcon Reservoir, Zapata County Texas
Zapata
(Provisional Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
Late Prehistoric
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Common Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a
small thin slender triangular point with a flattened cross section. The blade is primarily straight and forms an isosceles triangle (half as wide as the height).
The blade may be finely serrated. The base may range from slightly concaved to deeply concave
or V shaped, and may have basal thinning. This point
is made from a flake and usually has the original surface of the
flake remaining with a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data
Needed
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
These points are primarily found along the northern portion of Falcon
Reservoir in Zapata County, Texas. Distribution outside this is
unknown.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Kumpe et al. (2000) points out that the number of broken examples may
indicate that these are preforms that broken during manufacture. Moore
(2015) "suggest that breakage may be a result of the thinness and length of
some Form 1 points. The frequency of this type in local collections is
probably underestimated because collectors usually only keep complete
specimens, and some collectors refer to this type as Maud."
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Provisional Type
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Age Details:
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
182
Zapata Projectile Point, Zapata Arrowhead
