Artifacts
by Jonathan D. Till and Scott G. Ortman

Table 58. Projectile Point Analysis Data, Sand Canyon Pueblo: Size, Condition, and Shape

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Study Unit

PD

FS

Length (cm)

Width (cm)

Thickness (cm)

Notch Width (cm)

Side Width (cm)

Maximum Width Location

Size Classa

Condition/Portion Present

Serrated?

Side Shape Description

Use Type

General Site 0

0

8

2.49

1.20

0.33

0.28

0.39

shoulder

small

complete

no

straight

arrow point

0

12

5.74

2.14

0.93

 

1.65

sides

large

tip broken

no

convex

atlatl dart

0

17

3.23

2.60

0.52

 

 

sides

indeterminate

midsection only

no

straight

indeterminate

0

23

4.44

1.87

0.73

 

1.33

sides

large

tip broken

yes

convex

atlatl dart

0

43

2.65

1.68

0.49

 

1.23

sides

large

base broken

no

convex

atlatl dart

0

55

2.30

1.90

0.57

0.42

1.35

sides

large

tip broken

indeterminate

convex

atlatl dart

0

56

3.53

2.38

0.61

 

 

sides

large

tip and shoulder broken

no

indeterminate

atlatl dart

0

63

2.87

1.54

0.43

 

 

sides

medium

shoulder and base broken

no

straight

arrow point

0

64

2.67

1.38

0.36

0.35

 

base

medium

complete

no

straight

arrow point

Arbitrary Unit 2

455

28

2.93

2.06

0.42

 

1.12

sides

large

tip and shoulder broken

no

convex

atlatl dart

455

29

1.82

1.08

0.30

0.23

0.59

base

small

complete

no

straight

arrow point

683

48

1.84

1.22

0.28

 

0.82

base

medium

tip and base broken

no

straight

arrow point

683

49

2.81

1.18

0.36

0.25

0.56

base

small

tip broken

no

straight

arrow point

683

51

4.07

3.06

0.70

0.76

1.57

shoulder

large

shoulder and base broken

no

convex

atlatl dart

753

22

1.73

0.93

0.26

0.15

0.51

base

small

complete

no

straight

arrow point

753

88

0.98

1.55

0.48

 

 

base

indeterminate

base/stem only

indeterminate

indeterminate

indeterminate

753

89

1.65

1.00

0.25

0.21

0.63

base

medium

complete

no

convex

arrow point

767

11

2.24

1.55

0.32

 

0.62

shoulder

medium

shoulder and base broken

no

convex

arrow point

820

67

1.72

1.19

0.29

0.40

0.69

base

small

complete

no

straight

arrow point

Arbitrary Unit 3

679

25

0.80

1.29

0.24

 

 

indeterminate or incomplete

indeterminate

base/stem only

indeterminate

indeterminate

indeterminate

679

40

1.66

1.35

0.33

 

 

base

indeterminate

base/stem only

 

indeterminate

indeterminate

709

2

1.50

1.21

0.28

0.21

0.56

base

small

complete

no

convex

arrow point

709

3

1.26

1.83

0.45

 

 

base

indeterminate

partial base

indeterminate

indeterminate

atlatl dart

806

50

3.07

1.32

0.31

0.19

0.57

base

medium

complete

no

straight

arrow point

807

7

1.92

1.40

0.31

0.23

0.70

base

medium

partial midsection

no

straight

arrow point

809

7

3.21

2.29

0.59

 

 

sides

indeterminate

midsection only

yes

convex

atlatl dart

Structure 101

52

8

1.73

0.89

0.22

 

 

sides

indeterminate

tip only

no

straight

arrow point

Structure 102

50

88

2.61

1.10

0.40

0.18

0.72

base

medium

tip broken

no

straight

arrow point

147

2

2.61

1.46

0.42

0.30

0.84

base

medium

tip broken

yes

straight

arrow point

Nonstructure 103

3

21

2.79

1.15

0.38

 

 

sides

indeterminate

tip and base broken

no

straight

arrow point

31

20

1.20

1.31

0.39

 

 

base

indeterminate

base/stem only

indeterminate

indeterminate

indeterminate

31

22

1.94

1.20

0.43

 

0.34

shoulder

small

base missing

no

straight

arrow point

31

23

1.93

1.07

0.35

0.16

0.66

base

 

complete

no

straight

arrow point

31

46

1.29

1.41

0.46

 

 

base

indeterminate

base/stem only

indeterminate

indeterminate

indeterminate

31

62

1.18

1.17

0.32

 

 

base

indeterminate

base/stem only

indeterminate

indeterminate

indeterminate

35

11

2.54

1.56

0.42

 

0.73

shoulder

medium

tip and base broken

yes

concave

arrow point

37

15

1.78

1.25

0.25

 

 

sides

indeterminate

tip only

no

straight

indeterminate

37

24

1.90

1.11

0.21

0.35

0.80

base

medium

tip and shoulder broken

no

indeterminate

arrow point

Structure 104

96

51

2.44

1.79

0.89

 

 

sides

 

base/stem only

no

convex

atlatl dart

Structure 518

71

4

2.99

1.46

0.29

1.70

0.82

shoulder

medium

tip broken

no

convex

arrow point

Structure 108

131

30

2.73

1.56

0.31

0.19

0.67

shoulder

medium

tip broken

no

convex

arrow point

142

32

2.50

1.28

0.34

0.20

0.57

shoulder

small

tip and base broken

no

convex

arrow point

142

62

3.57

1.34

0.37

0.29

0.87

base

medium

complete

no

convex

arrow point

Arbitrary Unit 115

103

9

3.13

2.34

0.55

1.20

1.65

indeterminate or incomplete

large

shoulder and base broken

indeterminate

indeterminate

atlatl dart

Structure 116

132

11

3.85

1.87

0.35

 

 

sides

indeterminate

tip and base broken

yes

convex

indeterminate

Structure 202

91

29

3.15

1.47

0.43

0.35

0.94

base

medium

tip and shoulder broken

yes

convex

arrow point

Structure 203

111

18

1.90

2.24

0.42

0.55

1.18

shoulder

large

tip and base broken

no

indeterminate

atlatl dart

Structure 207

330

6

1.16

1.01

0.27

0.13

0.52

base

small

tip and shoulder broken

no

concave

arrow point

330

7

1.81

1.46

0.27

0.28

0.79

base

medium

complete

no

convex

arrow point

Structure 208

201

26

1.65

1.82

0.77

 

 

sides

indeterminate

midsection only

indeterminate

indeterminate

atlatl dart

215

33

3.11

1.88

0.76

0.57

1.67

base

large

complete

no

straight

atlatl dart

215

39

3.43

1.89

0.51

 

 

shoulder

indeterminate

tip and shoulder broken

no

straight

atlatl dart

269

68

2.12

1.15

 

0.21

0.59

shoulder

small

base broken

no

straight

arrow point

269

76

3.36

1.47

0.37

0.15

0.86

base

medium

complete

no

straight

arrow point

269

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

complete

 

 

not specifiedb

271

6

3.07

1.63

0.57

 

 

shoulder

indeterminate

tip and base broken

no

convex

arrow point

Structure 306

86

3

2.16

1.98

0.39

1.48

1.46

shoulder

large

tip and shoulder broken

yes

indeterminate

atlatl dart

113

10

2.20

1.14

0.32

0.28

0.70

base

medium

complete

no

straight

arrow point

114

6

2.21

1.05

0.45

 

 

sides

indeterminate

base missing

yes

convex

indeterminate

Structure 308

129

2

1.98

1.23

0.41

0.22

0.76

base

medium

partial midsection

no

indeterminate

arrow point

Structure 400

1448

17

2.17

2.37

0.47

0.24

1.15

shoulder

large

tip and base broken

indeterminate

indeterminate

atlatl dart

1454

1

1.87

1.17

0.26

0.19

0.79

base

small

shoulder and base broken

no

straight

arrow point

Structure 501

388

234

2.04

1.25

 

0.18

0.64

base

small

tip broken

no

straight

arrow point

Structure 512

498

5

2.96

0.95

0.38

0.31

0.41

shoulder

medium

shoulder/side broken

no

indeterminate

arrow point

Nonstructure 513

370

2

1.52

2.62

0.52

 

1.43

shoulder

large

tip and shoulder broken

no

indeterminate

atlatl dart

Nonstructure 515

644

42

1.88

1.00

0.25

0.25

0.60

base

small

complete

no

convex

arrow point

701

10

2.27

1.51

0.27

 

0.33

shoulder

small

base missing

no

straight

arrow point

Nonstructure 518

547

51

3.10

1.85

0.53

0.34

0.71

shoulder

medium

tip and base broken

yes

straight

arrow point

Nonstructure 803

1008

34

1.99

1.34

0.28

0.15

0.66

shoulder

medium

tip broken

no

straight

arrow point

Nonstructure 1000

839

73

1.69

1.42

0.28

 

 

base

indeterminate

complete

no

straight

indeterminate

839

96

2.11

1.14

0.24

0.47

0.44

shoulder

small

complete

no

concave

arrow point

Structure 1003

795

6

3.75

2.38

0.50

 

 

shoulder

indeterminate

tip and base broken

yes

straight

indeterminate

Structure 1004

530

63

4.32

1.83

0.47

 

 

shoulder

indeterminate

base missing

no

straight

arrow point

530

155

2.30

1.24

0.37

0.22

0.41

shoulder

small

shoulder/side broken

no

straight

arrow point

593

16

3.75

1.22

0.26

0.13

0.69

base

medium

complete

no

straight

arrow point

658

68

2.86

2.02

0.55

0.50

1.43

shoulder

large

shoulder/side broken

yes

straight

atlatl dart

846

8

1.90

1.02

0.22

0.28

0.60

base

small

tip broken

no

straight

arrow point

Structure 1008

794

101

2.15

1.27

0.29

 

0.59

shoulder

small

tip and base broken

no

straight

arrow point

860

54

2.13

12.20

0.33

0.26

0.74

base

medium

tip broken

no

straight

arrow point

Nonstructure 1009

793

18

3.58

2.35

0.48

 

 

sides

indeterminate

base missing

yes

straight

atlatl dart

832

15

3.12

2.20

0.65

 

1.34

sides

large

tip and base broken

no

straight

atlatl dart

Structure 1206

145

4

2.51

1.31

0.26

0.22

0.77

base

medium

complete

no

convex

arrow point

Nonstructure 1214

359

125

1.52

1.08

0.25

0.36

0.45

base

small

complete

no

convex

arrow point

359

139

1.97

1.24

0.32

0.19

0.65

sides

medium

shoulder/side broken

no

concave

arrow point

Nonstructure 1218

125

8

2.86

1.58

0.41

0.37

1.10

base

large

tip broken

no

convex

indeterminate

Structure 1219

176

17

3.05

0.95

 

0.20

0.57

base

medium

complete

no

straight

arrow point

176

18

1.60

1.13

0.18

0.22

0.65

base

medium

complete

no

convex

arrow point

176

19

2.39

1.36

0.28

0.16

0.92

base

medium

complete

no

convex

arrow point

Structure 518

296

16

1.90

1.33

0.25

 

0.48

shoulder

small

base missing

no

concave

arrow point

Nonstructure 1500

1074

15

1.93

1.27

0.29

0.31

0.38

shoulder

small

shoulder/side broken

no

straight

arrow point

1124

8

1.83

1.33

0.30

 

0.42

shoulder

small

tip and base broken

no

straight

arrow point

1124

106

1.22

1.92

0.55

0.54

1.35

sides

large

partial midsection

indeterminate

indeterminate

indeterminate

1124

140

1.77

1.07

0.23

 

 

sides

indeterminate

base missing

no

convex

arrow point

1124

141

2.43

1.46

0.35

0.28

0.95

base

medium

tip broken

no

straight

arrow point

Structure 1501

1523

2

2.13

1.36

0.31

0.20

0.75

base

medium

tip and shoulder broken

no

straight

arrow point

Structure 1502

1056

23

2.06

1.72

0.49

0.60

0.84

shoulder

medium

tip broken

no

indeterminate

arrow point

1196

13

2.25

1.22

0.25

 

 

indeterminate or incomplete

indeterminate

shoulder/side broken

no

straight

arrow point

1213

58

5.51

2.80

0.64

 

1.74

shoulder

large

tip and base broken

no

convex

atlatl dart

1213

75

1.07

1.88

0.53

 

1.33

base

large

base/stem only

indeterminate

indeterminate

atlatl dart

1386

1

3.28

1.59

0.49

0.31

0.76

shoulder

medium

tip and base broken

no

straight

arrow point

Structure 1507

1051

14

2.02

1.64

0.32

0.17

1.01

base

large

complete

no

straight

arrow point

Structure 1510

1191

11

2.26

1.23

0.33

0.25

0.82

base

medium

complete

no

straight

arrow point

Structure 1519

1257

66

1.61

1.16

0.21

0.23

0.62

base

medium

complete

no

straight

arrow point

Structure 1527

1197

9

2.13

1.47

0.28

0.16

0.93

base

medium

tip broken

no

 

arrow point

1197

38

3.18

1.23

 

0.16

0.90

base

medium

complete

no

convex

arrow point

1197

39

4.72

1.32

0.33

0.32

0.86

base

medium

tip broken

no

straight

arrow point

1197

40

3.57

1.33

0.33

0.27

0.93

base

medium

tip broken

no

straight

arrow point

1197

41

2.05

1.19

0.23

0.16

0.77

base

medium

tip and shoulder broken

no

convex

arrow point

Structure 1601

1327

14

1.61

1.67

0.21

0.19

0.38

sides

small

tip and base broken

indeterminate

indeterminate

indeterminate

PD = Provenience Designation; FS = Field Specimen.
a Small = <6 mm neck width; medium = 6–10 mm neck width; large = >10 mm neck width.
b Point was lost in the field; not measured or described.

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