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Name Details:
Named By: Richard
S. MacNeish
Named For:
Date Identified:
1958
Type Site:
Tamaulipas Triangular
Provisional Type
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
9,000 - 8,000 B.P.
Transitional Paleo to
Early Archaic
Early Holocene
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium
to large lanceolate point with a median ridge. The blade is excurvate
with the widest portion of the blade being about the midpoint. The base is
straight to slightly concave with basal thinning present. This
type is made using precision percussion flaking then finished with long
pressure flakes forming a collateral flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length -
average 65 mm, Max. Width - average 28 mm, (***based on small
sample size***)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Full distribution not known, but reported in Canyon Diablo in Sierra de
Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
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Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Provisional Type
MacNeish was a pioneering
anthropologist who was most notable for his excavations and studies at Tamaulipas Mexico. This type has been references in professional publications, but further
dating and information is needed. This is considered a provisional type.
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Age Details:
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
191
Tamaulipas Triangular Projectile Point, Tamaulipas Triangular Arrowhead
