Projectile Point

60-14-197

From: Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 60-14-197
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Veracruz (Mexico) | Cerro de las Mesas
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Obsidian
Description

bifacially worked, large flake scars on blade surface and fine secondary retouch all the edges, blade is long and broad, triangular, edges curve in at base, corner notched producing barbless shoulders on blade, bifacial notching, long "decreasing" stem with convex base

Length 10.9 cm
Width 4.1 cm
Thickness 0.9 cm
Credit Line Cerro de las Mesas Expedition, F.G. Rainey and M.W. Stirling, 1960

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