Full Description
The American Southwest is the focus for this new volume in Noel Justice's series of important reference works that survey, describe, and categorise the projectile point and cutting tools used in prehistory by Native American peoples. Written for archaeologists and amateur collectors alike, the book describes over 50 types of stone arrowhead and spear points according to period, culture, and region. With the knowledge of someone trained to fashion projectile points with techniques used by the Indians, Justice describes how the points were made, used, and re-sharpened. His detailed drawings show how the Indians shaped their tools, what styles were peculiar to which regions, and how the various types can best be identified. There are hundreds of drawings, organised by type cluster and other identifying characteristics. The book also includes distribution maps and colour plates which will further aid the researcher or collector in identifying specific periods, cultures, and projectile types.
Contents
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Projectile Point Identification Key Introduction Type Descriptions and Type Clusters (The Organisational Concept for the Book); Illustration and Photography of Projectile Points; Metrical Classification of Projectile Points; Projectile Point Manufacture; Weapon Technology; The Earliest Ancestors Projectile Point Type Descriptions Clovis Cluster Clovis Folsom Cluster Folsom Lanceolate Plano Cluster Plainview; Midland; Agate Basin; Milnesand Great Basin Stemmed Cluster Lake Mojave; Silver Lake Scottsbluff Cluster Scottsbluff; Eden; Cody Knife Bajada Cluster Bajada San Jos San Jos Pinto Cluster Pinto Northern Side Notched Cluster Northern Side Notched; Sudden Side Notched; San Rafael Side Notched; Ventana Side Notched Pandale Cluster Pandale Datil Cluster Datil Cortaro Cluster Cortaro Maljamar Cluster Maljamar Gypsum Cluster Gypsum San Pedro Cluster San Pedro Corner Notched Black Mesa Cluster Black Mesa Narrow Neck Cienega Cluster Tularosa Corner Notched; Tularosa Basal Notched; Carlsbad Livermore Cluster Guadalupe; Livermore Dolores Cluster Dolores Straight Stem; Dolores Expanding Stem Chaco Cluster Chaco Corner Notched; Bonito Notched; Temporal; Pueblo Alto Side Notched; Kin Kletso Side Notched Western Triangular Cluster Cottonwood Triangular; Bull Creek; Cohonina Triangular; Sobaipuri Snaketown Cluster Gila River Corner Notched; Salt River Indented Base; Snaketown Triangular Straight Base; Snaketown Triangular Concave Base; Hodges Contracting Stem Pueblo Side Notched Cluster Pueblo Side Notched; Ridge Ruin Side Notched; Point of Pines Side Notched; Walnut Canyon Side Notched; Gatlin Side Notched; Citrus Side Notched; Snaketown Side Notched; White Mountain Side Notched; Buck Taylor Notched; Awotovi Side Notched Appendix: Projectile Point Measurements References Cited Index
