Empire Points: An Addition to the San Pedro Phase Lithic Assemblage

Until recently, San Pedro points were the only temporally diagnostic projectile point style associated with the San Pedro phase of the Early Agricultural period in the southern Southwest. Recent archaeological survey and excavation projects conducted in Cienega Valley and the Tucson Basin have ident...

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Published in:The Kiva (Tucson, Ariz.) Ariz.), 2002-03, Vol.67 (3), p.297-326
Main Authors: Stevens, Michelle N., Sliva, R. Jane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Archaeological excavation
Archaeological sites
Archaeological surveys
Deserts
Excavations
Material culture
Paleoanthropology
Projectiles
Radiocarbon dating
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Summary:Until recently, San Pedro points were the only temporally diagnostic projectile point style associated with the San Pedro phase of the Early Agricultural period in the southern Southwest. Recent archaeological survey and excavation projects conducted in Cienega Valley and the Tucson Basin have identified the Empire point as an additional projectile point style diagnostic of the San Pedro phase. Comparisons of morphologic and metric attributes of Empire and San Pedro points demonstrate that Empire points are morphologically and medically distinct from San Pedro points and should be considered a new projectile point style. The spatial and temporal distributions of Empire points, and the cultural implications of this point style and its distributions, are discussed.
ISSN:0023-1940
2051-6177
DOI:10.1080/00231940.2002.11758460