Artifacts
by Jonathan D. Till and Scott G. Ortman

Table 61. Projectile Points by Type and Material, Sand Canyon Pueblo

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Material

Local

Semilocal

Nonlocal

Point Type

Burro Canyon Chert

Dakota Quartzite

Dakota/Burro
Canyon Silicified Sandstone

Morrison Chert

Morrison Quartzite

Agate/Chalcedony

Nonlocal Chert (Red Jasper)

Obsidian

Washington Pass Chert

Unknown Chert/Siltstone

Unknown Silicified Sandstone

Total

Archaic/Basketmaker II Points

Archaic corner-notched, not further specified

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Bajada Stemmed (early Archaic)

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Bajada/Pinto Stemmed (Archaic)

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

2

Elko Corner-Notched (Archaic)

3

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

5

Elko Eared (Archaic)

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Humboldt Basal-Notched (Archaic)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Pinto Stemmed (late Archaic)

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

2

San Jose (late Archaic)

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Sudden Side-Notched (Archaic)

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

White Dog Basketmaker (BMII)

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Large Corner-Notched (BMII)

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

2

Total Archaic/Basketmaker II points

5

 

5

 

 

4

1

1

1

1

 

18

Basketmaker III–Pueblo II Points

Large corner-notched, concave blade (BMIII–PI)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Small corner-notched (BMIII–early PII)

 

 

5

1

 

5

 

 

 

1

 

12

Medium corner-notched (Rosegate, PII)

1

 

5

 

 

 

 

1

 

2

 

9

Medium side-notched (middle to late PII)

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

3

Small side-notched, concave base (late PII)

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

3

Total Basketmaker IIIPueblo II points

1

1

12

2

 

6

 

1

1

4

 

28

Pueblo III Points

Small side-notched, unspecified base (PII–PIII)

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Small side-notched, convex base (PIII)

 

 

2

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

4

Small side-notched, straight base (PIII)

 

 

18

 

 

2

 

1

 

1

 

22

Total Pueblo III points

 

 

22

 

 

3

 

2

 

1

 

28

Nonlocal Points

Nawthis Side-Notched

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

Parowan Corner-Notched (Fremont/Western Pueblo)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

Desert Side-Notched (Numic)

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

Total nonlocal points

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

1

5

Nonspecific Points

Projectile point, not further specified

3

 

13

1

1

2

 

1

 

1

 

22

Large/medium side-notched

 

 

6

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

8

Total nonspecific points

3

 

19

1

1

3

 

1

 

2

 

30

TOTAL

9

1

60

3

1

16

3

5

2

8

1

109

NOTE: All values are counts.
BM = Basketmaker; P = Pueblo.

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