Projectile Points of
Nunavut by Shape
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Lanceolate / Auriculate | |||||
Agate Basin |
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Ovoid to Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Clovis |
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Auriculate / Lanceolate | Small to Large | Paleo | Valid Type |
Clovis Unfluted |
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Auriculate / Lanceolate | Small to Large | Paleo | Valid Type |
Denbigh |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Artic Small Tool Tradition | Valid Type |
Mesa |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Naknek |
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Lanceolate to Triangular | Medium | Artic Small Tool Tradition / Brooks River Gravel Phase | Collector Type |
Sluiceway |
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Lanceolate | Large | Artic Tradition | Valid Type |
Ovoid | |||||
St. Michael |
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Ovoid | Medium | Thule Tradition | Valid Type |
Triangle | |||||
Dorset |
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Triangular | Medium | Dorset Tradition | Valid Type |
Naknek |
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Lanceolate to Triangular | Medium | Artic Small Tool Tradition / Brooks River Gravel Phase | Collector Type |
Contracting Stem | |||||
Stemmed | |||||
Kayuk (Denbigh Variant) |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Artic Small Tool Tradition | Valid Type |
Expanding Stem | |||||
Side Notch | |||||
Corner Notch | |||||
Basal Notch | |||||
Other Shaped Lithics | |||||
Drill |
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Other | Small to Large | Paleo to Historic | Valid Type |