Alphabetical Listing of Projectile Points of
Minnesota
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Adena |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Adena Blade |
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Ovoid | Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Preform Type |
Adena Narrow Blade |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Adena Snapped Base |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Collector Type |
Adena Vanishing Stem |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Collector Type |
Adena
Waubesa AKA for Waubesa |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | AKA Type |
Agate Basin |
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Ovoid to Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Alberta |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Angostura |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Anzick Clovis |
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Lanceolate | Large | Paleo | Valid Type |
Apple Blossom |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Atalissa |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Avonlea Carmichael AKA: Carmichael |
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Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late Woodland / Developmental | Valid Type |
Avonlea Gull Lake AKA: Gull Lake |
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Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late Woodland / Developmental | Valid Type |
Avonlea Timber Ridge AKA: Timber Ridge |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Late Woodland / Developmental | Valid Type |
Beaver
Lake AKA: Cumberland Un-Fluted |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Belknap |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Besant |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Black Sand AKA for Godar |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Browns Valley |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Cahokia |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Carmichael AKA for Avonlea Carmichael |
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Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late Woodland / Developmental | AKA Type |
Cedar Valley |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Clovis |
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Auriculate / Lanceolate | Small to Large | Paleo | Valid Type |
Clovis
- St Louis AKA: St. Louis |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Paleo | Sub-Type for Clovis |
Clovis Unfluted |
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Auriculate / Lanceolate | Small to Large | Paleo | Valid Type |
Cobbs |
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Triangle | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Cody Knife |
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Other | Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Copper |
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Stemmed (varies) | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Cumberland |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Cumberland
Unfluted AKA for Beaver Lake |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Dalton |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Dalton Hemphill |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Deep Water AKA for Sonota and Sahnish |
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Side Notch | Medium | Developmental / Woodland | AKA Type |
Des Moines |
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Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Dovetail AKA for St. Charles Dovetail |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | AKA Type |
Drill |
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Other | Small to Large | Paleo to Historic | Valid Type |
Duncan |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Durst |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Eastern Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Generic Type |
Eden AKA: Yuma |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Eden Eared |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Fayette |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Dalton Sub-Type / Valid Type |
Folsom |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Fort Dodge |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Four Bevel Knife AKA for Harahey |
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Ovoid / Diamond | Large | Mississippian | AKA Type |
Fox Valley Bifurcated |
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Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Gainey Fluted |
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Auriculate Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Godar AKA: Black Sand |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Goshen |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Graham Cave |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Gull Lake AKA for Avonlea Gull Lake |
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Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late Woodland / Developmental | AKA Type |
Harahey AKA: Four Bevel Knife |
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Ovoid | Large | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Hardin |
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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Hardin Barbed |
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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Hardin Knobbed |
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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Hardove |
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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Hawken |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Hell Gap |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Helton |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Hi-Lo |
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Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Hixton |
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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Holcombe |
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Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Holston Side Notch AKA for Durst |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Hopewell |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Woodland | Valid Type |
Huffaker |
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Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Klunk |
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Side Notch | Small | Woodland | Valid Type |
Koster |
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Corner Notch | Small | Woodland | Valid Type |
Larter Tanged |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Lehigh |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Woodland | Provisional Type |
Little Sioux |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Long Point AKA for Angostura |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | AKA type |
Lost Island |
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Contracting Stem | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Lovell |
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Auriculate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Madison |
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Triangle | Small | Late Woodland to Mississippian | Valid Type |
Madison Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Manker |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Matanzas |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
McCoy |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Woodland | Valid Type |
McKean |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Merom |
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Expanding Stem to Corner Notch | Small | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Meserve |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Midland |
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Auriculate | Small to Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Minocqua |
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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Motley |
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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Neuberger |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Nodena AKA: Willow Leaf |
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Ovoid | Medium | Late Mississippian | Valid Type |
Nodena Banks AKA: Banks |
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Ovoid | Medium | Late Mississippian | Valid Type |
North Bi-Face |
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Ovoid | Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Cache Blade / Preform |
Okoboji |
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Corner Notch | Small | Late Woodland | Valid Type |
Osceola |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Oxbow AKA: Parkdale (Minnesota) |
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Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Parkdale AKA for Oxbow |
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Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | AKA type |
Pelican
Lake |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Plains (Late) Knife |
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Ovoid | Medium | Classic to Prehistoric | Collector Type |
Plains Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Classic to Historic | Valid Type |
Plains Triangular Knife
(Notched Form) |
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Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Classic to Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Plains Triangular Knife (Un-Notched Form) |
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Triangle | Medium to Large | Classic to Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Plains Triangle |
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Triangle | Small | Classic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Plainview |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Prairie Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Quad |
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Auriculate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Raddatz |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Ramey Knife |
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Ovoid | Very Large | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Reed |
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Side Notch | Small | Late Woodland to Mississippian | Valid Type |
Reigh |
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Side Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Rustad Quarry |
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Side to Corner Notch | Small | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Samantha Arrow |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Samantha
Dart |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Scottsbluff Type I |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Scottsbluff Type II |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Simonsen |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Snyder |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Sonota AKA: Deep Water and Sahnish |
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Side Notch | Medium | Developmental / Woodland | Valid Type |
St. Charles
Dovetail AKA: Dovetail |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
St. Croix |
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Corner Notch | Small | Woodland | Valid Type |
St.
Louis AKA Clovis St. Louis |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Paleo | AKA type |
Steuben |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Table Rock |
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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Tama |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Tipton |
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Expanding Stem to Corner Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Turin |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Washita |
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Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Waubesa AKA: Adena Waubesa |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Whiteshell Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Wolf Creek |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |