Projectile Point Identification

Name	Picture	Shape	Size	Cultural Period	Validity
Agate Basin		Ovoid to Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Alberta		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Alder Complex AKA for Ruby Valley		Lanceolate	Small to Medium	Late Paleo	AKA Type
Allen AKA for James "Jimmy" Allen		Lanceolate	Medium	Transitional Paleo	AKA Type
Anderson		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Collector Type
Anderson Corner Notch (Canada)		Corner Notch	Medium	Middle Woodland	Valid Type
Angostura		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Anzick Clovis		Lanceolate	Large	Paleo	Valid Type
Archaic Knife		Triangle	Medium to Large	Middle Archaic	Collector Type
Archaic Side Notch		Side Notch	Medium	Middle Archaic	Collector Type
Archaic Stemmed		Stemmed	Small to Medium	Middle Archaic	Collector Type
Archaic Triangle		Triangle	Small to Medium	Middle Archaic	Collector Type
Armijo		Side Notch / Auriculate	Small to Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Athapap Lanceolate		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Athapaskan Notched		Side Notch	Small	Athapaskan Culture	Valid Type
Athapaskan Stemmed AKA for Kavik Stemmed		Contracting Stem to Stemmed	Small	Athapaskan Culture	AKA Type
Avonlea Carmichael AKA: Carmichael		Side Notch / Bifurcated	Small to Medium	Late Woodland / Developmental	Valid Type
Avonlea Gull Lake AKA: Gull Lake		Side Notch / Bifurcated	Small to Medium	Late Woodland / Developmental	Valid Type
Avonlea Timber Ridge AKA: Timber Ridge		Side Notch	Small to Medium	Late Woodland / Developmental	Valid Type
Badland Knife		Woodland	Varies	Other	Valid Type
Bare Creek AKA for Gatecliff Split Stem		Stemmed	Medium	Late Archaic	Sub-type or AKA for Gatecliff Split Stem
Basally Thinned Triangular		Triangular	Medium	Late Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Bear River		Side Notch	Small	Late Developmental to Classic	Valid Type
Besant		Side Notch	Small to Medium	Woodland	Valid Type
Billings Double Spur		Side Notch	Small	Historic	Valid Type
Birch Creek Type A		Lanceolate to Triangle	Medium	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Birch Creek Type B		Ovoid	Medium	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Bitterroot		Side Notch	Medium	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Blackwater Side Notch Bitterroot Variant		Side Notch	Medium	Early Archaic	Discontinued Type
Boss Hill Corner Notch		Expanding Stem	Medium	Early Archaic	Valid Type
Bratton		Side Notch	Small to Medium	Woodland	Valid Type
Buffalo Gap		Side Notch	Small	Developmental	Valid Type
Bull Creek		Triangle	Small to Medium	Developmental	Valid Type
Calderwood Bitterroot Variant		Side Notch	Medium	Middle Archaic	Provisional Type
Camel Back		Corner Notch	Small	Late Prehistoric / Developmental	Valid Type
Carmichael AKA for Avonlea Carmichael		Side Notch / Bifurcated	Small to Medium	Late Woodland / Developmental	AKA Type
Cascade		Ovoid	Medium to Large	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Cascade Bi-Point AKA: Kennewick		Ovoid / Bi-Point	Medium to Large	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Cascade Knife		Ovoid	Medium to Very Large	Early to Middle Archaic	Collector Type
Cascade Shouldered		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Cayley Side Notch		Side Notch	Small	Developmental to Classic	Valid Type
Chaco		Corner Notch	Small	Developmental	Valid Type
Cherry Gulch		Side Notch	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Cienega Basal Notch AKA: Tularosa		Basal Notch	Small to Medium	Transitional Archaic to Developmental	Valid Type
Cienega Corner Notch AKA: Tularosa		Corner Notch	Small to Medium	Transitional Archaic to Developmental	Valid Type
Clovis		Auriculate / Lanceolate	Small to Large	Paleo	Valid Type
Clovis - Colby AKA: Colby		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Paleo	Sub-Type for Clovis
Clovis Unfluted		Auriculate / Lanceolate	Small to Large	Paleo	Valid Type
Cluny Side Notch		Side Notch	Small	Developmental to Classic	Cultural Type
Cody Knife		Other	Medium	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Colby AKA: Clovis Colby		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Paleo	Valid Type Sub-Type of Clovis point
Corner Tang Knife		Other	Medium to Large	Late Archaic to Woodland	Valid Type
Cottonwood Leaf		Ovoid	Small	Developmental to Historic	Valid Type
Cottonwood		Triangle	Small	Developmental to Historic	Valid Type
Cougar Mountain		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Crescent Knife		Other	Small to Medium	Paleo	Valid Type
Crescent Knife		Other	Medium to Large	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Cut Bank Jaw Notch		Side Notch	Small	Classic to Historic	Valid Type
Deep Water AKA for Sonota and Sahnish		Side Notch	Medium	Developmental / Woodland	AKA Type
Desert		Side Notch	Small	Classic	Valid Type
Desert Corner Notch AKA for Elko Corner Notch		Corner Notch	Small to Medium	Late Archaic	AKA Type
Desert Delta		Side Notch	Small	Classic	Valid Type
Desert Sierra		Side Notch	Small	Classic	Valid Type
Desert Stemmed AKA for Rose Springs Stemmed		Stemmed	Small	Developmental	AKA Type
Dolores Stemmed		Stemmed	Small	Developmental Pueblo I to Pueblo II	Valid Type
Dolores Expanding Stem		Expanding Stem	Small	Developmental Pueblo I to Pueblo II	Valid Type
Drill		Other	Small to Large	Paleo to Historic	Valid Type
Duncan		Stemmed	Small to Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Durango		Side Notch	Small	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Eastgate		Basal Notch	Small	Developmental / Late Prehistory	Valid Type
Eastgate Split Stem		Basal Notch / Bifurcated	Small	Developmental / Late Prehistory	Valid Type
Eden AKA: Yuma		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Eden Eared		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Elko Side Notch		Side Notch	Small to Medium	Late to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Elko Corner Notch		Corner Notch	Small to Medium	Late to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Elko Eared		Expanding Stem / Bifurcated	Small to Medium	Late to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Elko Split Stem		Expanding Stemmed	Small to Medium	Late to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Embarras Bi-Point		Ovoid	Large	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Emigrant		Side Notch	Small	Developmental / Late Prehistory	Valid Sub-Type of Plains Side Notch
En Medio San Pedro Variant		Corner Notch	Medium	Late to Transitional Archaic	San Pedro Variant
Farson Tri-Notch AKA for Emigrant Basal Notch		Side Notch	Small	Developmental / Late Prehistory	AKA for Emigrant Basal Notch
Firstview		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Folsom		Lanceolate	Medium	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Four Bevel Knife AKA for Harahey		Ovoid / Diamond	Large	Mississippian	AKA Type
Fourth of July Complex		Stemmed to Lanceolate	Medium	Early Archaic	Valid Type
Frederick Lanceolate		Lanceolate	Medium	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Galt		Side Notch	Medium	Late Woodland / Developmental	Collector Type
Gatecliff Split Stem		Stemmed / Bifurcated	Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Gatecliff		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Glendo (Arrow and Dart form)		Corner Notch	Small to Medium	Classic / Late Prehistoric	Valid Type
Goshen		Lanceolate	Medium	Late Paleo	Valid Type
Gowen		Side Notch	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Green River		Lanceolate	Small	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Gull Lake AKA for Avonlea Gull Lake		Side Notch / Bifurcated	Small to Medium	Late Woodland / Developmental	AKA Type
Gypsum Cave AKA: Lobo, Park Point		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Hanna		Expanding Stem	Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Hanna Northern AKA: Northern Hanna		Side Notch	Medium	Late Archaic	Collector Type
Harahey AKA: Four Bevel Knife		Ovoid	Large	Mississippian	Valid Type
Harrell		Side Notch	Small	Mississippian	Valid Type
Haskell		Side Notch	Small	Mississippian	Valid Type
Hawken		Expanding Stem	Medium	Early Archaic	Valid Type
Head Smash In Corner Notch		Corner Notch	Small	Classic to Historic	Valid Type
Hell Gap		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
High River		Corner Notch	Small	Developmental	Valid Type
Hog Back		Corner Notch	Small	Developmental	Valid Type
Hollenberg		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Early Archaic	Collector Type
Horse Fly		Stemmed	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Humboldt		Lanceolate	Small to Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Humboldt Basal Notch		Lanceolate	Small to Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Humboldt Constricted Base		Lanceolate	Small to Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Humboldt Expanded Base		Auriculate Lanceolate	Small to Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Irvine		Side Notch	Small to Medium	Developmental	Valid Type
James "Jimmy" Allen AKA: Allen		Lanceolate	Medium	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Jensen		Corner Notch to Expanding Stem	Medium	Early Archaic	Provisional Type
Kavik Contracting Stem AKA: Kio-Kut and Athapaskan Stemmed		Contracting Stem to Stemmed	Small	Athapaskan Culture	Valid Type
Kersey		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Larson Name for Scottsbluff points found in Larson Cache		Stemmed	Medium	Transitional Paleo	Site (Cache) Specific
Larter Tanged		Corner Notch	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Lerma Bi-Point		Ovoid	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Lerma Round Base		Ovoid	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Lewis		Side Notch	Small to Medium	Developmental	Valid Type
Little Lake AKA for Pinto Basin		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Late Archaic	AKA Type
Lobo AKA for Gypsum Cave		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic	AKA type
Logan Creek		Side Notch	Medium	Early Archaic	Valid Type
Long Creek		Expanding Stem / Bifurcated	Small to Medium	Middle Archaic	Site (area) Specific
Long Point AKA for Angostura		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Early Archaic	AKA type
Lookingbill		Side Notch	Medium	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Lovell		Auriculate	Medium	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Lusk		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Magic Mountain Corner Notch		Corner Notch	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Magic Mountain Side Notch		Side Notch	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Mallory		Side Notch	Small to Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Maple Leaf Bitterroot Variant		Expanding Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	Provisional Type
McKean		Lanceolate	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Meserve		Lanceolate	Medium	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Metzal		Lanceolate	Medium	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Mid Tang Knife		Other	Medium to Large	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Midland		Auriculate	Small to Medium	Late Paleo	Valid Type
Milnesand		Lanceolate	Medium	Late Paleo	Valid Type
Mortlach Side Notch		Side Notch	Small	Classic to Historic	Cultural Type
Mount Albion		Expanding Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Mummy Cave		Expanding Stem	Medium	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Mummy Cave AKA for Wapiti Corner Notch		Corner Notch	Small	Developmental	Discontinued Type (Wapiti) Collector Type (Mummy Cave)
Munker's Creek		Expanding Stem	Large	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Nanton Wide Round Base		Side Notch	Small	Developmental	Valid Type
Nawthis		Side Notch	Medium	Developmental	Valid Type
Northern Hanna		Expanding Stem	Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Collector Type
Northern Side Notch AKA: Silent Snake		Side Notch	Medium to Large	Early Archaic	Valid Type
Outlook		Side Notch	Medium	Woodland	Valid Type
Owl Cave		Lanceolate	Medium	Transitional Paleo	Collector Type
Oxbow AKA: Parkdale (Minnesota)		Side Notch / Bifurcated	Small to Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Pahaska Side Notch		Side Notch	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Park Point AKA for Gypsum Cave		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic	AKA type
Parkdale AKA for Oxbow		Bifurcated	Small to Medium	Middle Archaic	AKA type
Park Hill		Lanceolate	Medium	Early Archaic	Valid Type
Parowan		Basal Notch	Small to Medium	Developmental	Valid Type
Paskapoo Plains Side Notch Variant		Side Notch	Small	Classic to Historic	Valid Type
Peace River Fluted		Lanceolate	Medium	Late Paleo	Valid Type
Pekisko Plains Side Notch Variant		Side Notch	Small	Classic to Historic	Valid Type
Pelican Lake		Corner Notch	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Pelican Lake Harder Variety AKA for Wray		Basal Notch	Medium to Large	Late Archaic	AKA type / Collector type
Perry AKA for Hanna		Expanding Stem	Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	AKA Type
Pinto Basin Barbed Shoulder		Stemmed	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Pinto Basin Sloping Shoulder		Stemmed	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Pinto Basin Square Shoulder		Stemmed	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Pinto Basin Shoulderless		Stemmed	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Plains (Late) Knife		Ovoid	Medium	Classic to Prehistoric	Collector Type
Plains Side Notch		Side Notch	Small to Medium	Classic to Historic	Valid Type
Plains Triangular Knife (Notched Form)		Side Notch to Expanding Stem	Medium to Large	Classic to Prehistoric	Valid Type
Plains Triangular Knife (Un-Notched Form)		Triangle	Medium to Large	Classic to Prehistoric	Valid Type
Plains Triangle		Triangle	Small	Classic to Developmental	Valid Type
Plainview		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Prairie Side Notch		Side Notch	Small	Developmental	Valid Type
Pryor		Auriculate	Medium to Large	Mountain Paleo	Valid Type
Rocker Side Notch		Side Notch	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Rocker Side Notch- Elko Variant		Side to Corner Notch	Medium	Late to Transitional Archaic	Variant Type
Rocker Corner Notch - Elko Variant		Side to Corner Notch	Medium	Late to Transitional Archaic	Variant Type
Rocker Sudden Variant		Side Notch	Medium	Middle Archaic	Variant Type
Rose Springs Corner Notch AKA: Rosegate		Corner Notch	Small	Late Prehistoric / Developmental	Valid Type
Rose Springs Side Notch		Side Notch	Small	Late Prehistoric / Developmental	Valid Type
Rose Springs Sloping Shoulder		Stemmed	Small	Late Prehistoric / Developmental	Valid Type
Rose Springs Stemmed AKA: Desert Stemmed		Stemmed	Small	Late Prehistoric / Developmental	Valid Type
Rosegate AKA for Rose Springs and Eastgate		Corner Notch	Small	Late Prehistoric / Developmental	Valid Type
Ruby Valley AKA : Alder Complex		Lanceolate	Small to Medium	Late Paleo	Valid Type
Rustad Quarry		Side to Corner Notch	Small	Early Archaic	Valid Type
Salmon River Fishtail		Side Notch	Medium	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Samantha Arrow		Corner Notch	Small to Medium	Transitional Archaic to Developmental	Valid Type
Samantha Dart		Corner Notch	Small to Medium	Transitional Archaic to Developmental	Valid Type
San Jon		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Discontinued Type
San Luis Side Notch		Side Notch	Medium	Early to Middle Archaic	Provisional Type
San Rafael		Side Notch	Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Sandy Creek		Side Notch	Small to Medium	Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Sattler		Expanding Stem to Side Notch	Small	Developmental / Late Prehistoric	Collector Type
Scottsbluff Type I		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Scottsbluff Type II		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Shadid		Corner Notch	Medium	Mississippian	Valid Type
Shaunavon Truncated Base		Side Notch	Small	Developmental	Valid Type
Shoshone Knife AKA for Wahmuza		Ovoid	Medium to Large	Developmental to Classic	AKA Type
Silver Lake		Stemmed	Small to Medium	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Simonsen		Side Notch	Medium	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Sonota AKA: Deep Water and Sahnish		Side Notch	Medium	Developmental / Woodland	Valid Type
Stott		Side Notch	Small	Developmental	Valid Type
Sudden Side Notch		Side Notch	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Swift Current Fishtail		Side Notch	Small to Medium	Developmental	Valid Type
Timber Ridge AKA for Avonlea Timber Ridge		Side Notch	Small to Medium	Late Woodland / Developmental	AKA Type
Tompkins Side/Corner Notch		One side side notch One side corner notch	Small	Developmental	Valid Type
Triangular Knife		Triangle	Medium to Large	Late Archaic	Collector Type
Triple T Humboldt Variant		Lanceolate	Medium	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Variant Type
Tularosa AKA for Cienega		Corner to Basal Notch	Small to Medium	Transitional Archaic to Developmental	AKA Type
Uinta		Side Notch	Small	Developmental	Valid Type
Wahmuza AKA: Shoshone Knife		Ovoid	Medium to Large	Developmental to Classic	Valid Type
Wapiti Corner Notch AKA: Mummy Cave		Corner Notch	Small	Developmental	Discontinued Type (Wapiti) Collector Type (Mummy Cave)
Washita		Side Notch	Small	Mississippian	Valid Type
Washita Peno		Side Notch	Small	Mississippian	Provisional Type
Windust Type A		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Windust Type B		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Windust Type C		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Wray AKA Pelican Lake Harder Variety		Basal Notch	Medium to Large	Late Archaic	Collector Type
Yonkee		Expanding Stem	Medium	Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Yuma AKA for Eden		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	AKA Type