Stemmed Projectile Points of the
Northern Plains Region
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Contracting Stem | |||||
Cascade Shouldered |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Cougar Mountain |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Gatecliff |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Gypsum Cave AKA: Lobo, Park Point |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Kavik Contracting Stem AKA: Kio-Kut and Athapaskan Stemmed |
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Contracting Stem to Stemmed | Small | Athapaskan Culture | Valid Type |
Rose Springs Sloping Shoulder |
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Stemmed | Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | Valid Type |
Stemmed | |||||
Alberta |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Archaic Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Collector Type |
Cody Knife |
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Other to Stemmed | Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Dolores Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Small | Developmental Pueblo I to Pueblo II |
Valid Type |
Duncan |
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Stemmed / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid 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 |
Fourth of July Complex |
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Stemmed to Lanceolate | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Gatecliff Split Stem |
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Stemmed to Expanding Stem/ Bifurcated | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Hell Gap |
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Stemmed Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Hollenberg |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Horse Fly |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pinto Basin Barbed Shoulder |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pinto Basin Sloping Shoulder |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pinto Basin Square Shoulder |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pryor |
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Stemmed to Auriculate | Medium to Large | Mountain Paleo | Valid Type |
Rose Springs Stemmed AKA: Desert Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Small | Late Prehistoric / 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 |
Silver Lake |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Windust Type A |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Windust Type B |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Windust Type C |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Expanding Stem | |||||
Boss Hill Corner Notch |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Dolores Expanding Stem |
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Expanding Stem to Corner Notch | Small | Developmental Pueblo I to Pueblo II |
Valid Type |
Elko Split Stem |
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Expanding Stemmed / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Hanna |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Hanna Northern AKA: Northern Hanna |
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Expanding Stem to Side Notch | Medium | Late Archaic | Collector Type |
Hawken |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Jensen |
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Corner Notch to Expanding Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Provisional Type |
Long Creek |
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Side Notch to Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Site (area) Specific |
Maple Leaf Bitterroot Variant |
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Expanding Stem to Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Provisional Type |
Mount Albion |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Munker's Creek |
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Expanding Stem | Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Mummy Cave |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Yonkee |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |