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Name Details:
Named By: Richard
S. MacNeish
Named For:
Date Identified:
1967
Type Site:
Trinidad
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
Cultural Period:
7,000 - 4,000 B.P.
Middle Archaic
Middle Holocene to Neoglacial
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium contracting stem triangular with an elliptical cross
section. The blade is short and wide, but always longer than the
stem, and may range from excurvate to straight. The shoulders are
prominent and commonly slightly barbed, but may vary to horizontal.
The stem is contracting with a convex base and rarely display grinding.
This type is made using percussion flaking to rough out then well
controlled percussion flaking or pressure flaking is used to shape and
sharpen the point. This point has a random flaking pattern. Size Measurements: Length - 35 to 65 mm (average 49 mm), Stem Length - 6 to 25 mm
(average 16 mm), Blade Width -
21 to 56 mm (average 30 mm), Stem Width -11 to 24 mm (average 17 mm), Thickness -
4 to 11 mm (average 8 mm)
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This type has been reported in Tehuacan Valley, the Valley of Mexico, Cueva de la Nopalera, Hidalgo, and into southern Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Similar Points:
Acatita, Augustin, Axolotl, Cliffton, Coxtanlan, Garyito, Encino Type II, Gary, Garyito, Gypsum Cave, Hidalgo, La Mina, La Paz, Langtry Arenosa,, San Isidro, San Martin, Tilapa, Tlatilco, Trinidad, Ventana Amagosa Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Valid 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. This is considered a valid type.
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Age Details:
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References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
189, 190, 193
Trinidad Projectile Point, Trinidad Arrowhead
