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Name Details:
Named By: Richard "Scotty" MacNeish
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1993
Type Site: Todsen Cave, White Sands, New Mexico
Todsen
(Provisional Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
5,500 - 4,100 B.P.
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 triangular side notch point with an elliptical cross
section. The blade is primarily excurvate, but may vary to
pentagonal with parallel sides and the top pointed inwards.
U-shaped notches enter the side of the blade forming a shoulder that
is horizontal and an expanding stem. The base may range from
slightly convex to slightly concave. This point has a random
flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Total Length - 40 to 60 mm
(average 33 mm), Stem Length - 6 to 13 mm, Blade Width -
17 to 26 mm, Neck Width - 10 to 17 mm, Stem Width - 17
to 22 mm, Thickness - 5 to 8 mm
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Jornada region of New Mexico,
Arizona, Chihuahua, and Sonora. These points are found into
western Texas, but have not been reported into the Big Bend region of
Texas.
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Pictures:
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 and has many
professional references, but the number of examples are limited and more examples are needed to fully evaluate this type. This is considered a provisional type.
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Age Details:
At the Todsen Cave and North Mesa site these
points occur in the late Keystone and early Fresnal levels. At Bat
Cave these points were found in the Chiricahua Levels.
Pictures Provided By:
Artifact Hunter
As illustrated by Richard MacNeish, 1993
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
167
Todsen Projectile Point,Todsen Arrowhead
