Alphabetical Listing of Projectile Points of
Alaska
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Aishihik Expanding Stem | Expanding Stem | Large | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Provisional Type | |
Aleutian Curve Blade | Stemmed to Side Notch | Medium to Large | Aleutian Tradition | Valid Type | |
Anagula Blade | Ovoid | Small to Medium | Aleutian Tradition | Valid Type | |
Anderson Side Notch | Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Large | Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Annie Lake | Lanceolate | Medium | Early 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 | |
Bear | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Norton Tradition | Valid Type | |
Bear Bifurcated | Stemmed / Bifurcated | Medium to Large | Norton Tradition | Valid Type | |
Cape Smyth | Triangle | Small to Medium | Neoglacial | Valid Type | |
Chignik Dart | Stemmed | Medium | Aleutian Tradition | Valid Type | |
Chignik Lanceolate | Lanceolate | Medium | Aleutian Tradition | Valid Type | |
Chignik Leaf | Ovoid | Medium to Large | Aleutian Tradition | Valid Type | |
Chignik Side Notch | Side Notch | Medium | Aleutian Tradition | Valid Type | |
Chignik Stemmed | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Aleutian Tradition | Valid Type | |
Chindadn | Triangle to Ovoid | Small | Paleo - Artic Tradition | Valid Type | |
Choris | Triangular | Medium | Choris Tradition | Valid Type | |
Clovis | Auriculate / Lanceolate | Small to Large | Paleo | Valid Type | |
Clovis Unfluted | Auriculate / Lanceolate | Small to Large | Paleo | Valid Type | |
Denbigh | Bipoint to Lanceolate | Medium | Artic Small Tool Tradition | Valid Type | |
Destruction Bay Stemmed | Stemmed | Medium | Middle Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Dorset | Triangular | Medium | Dorset Tradition | Valid Type | |
Drill | Other | Small to Large | Paleo to Historic | Valid Type | |
Dutch Harbor Bi-Point | Ovoid | Medium to Large | Aleutian Tradition | Valid Type | |
Dutch Harbor Ovoid | Ovoid | Medium to Large | Aleutian Tradition | Valid Type | |
Dutch Harbor Side Notch | Side Notch | Medium | Aleutian Tradition | Valid Type | |
Dutch Harbor Stemmed | Contracting Stem | Small to Medium | Aleutian Tradition | Valid Type | |
Kamut | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Kavik Contracting Stem AKA: Kio-Kut and Athapaskan Stemmed |
Contracting Stem to Stemmed | Small | Athapaskan Culture | Valid Type | |
Kayuk (Denbigh Variant) |
Stemmed | Small to Medium | Artic Small Tool Tradition | Valid Type | |
Kuki Bear Sub-type |
Stemmed | Small to Medium | Norton Tradition | Collector Type | |
Lockhart River | Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Mesa | Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Minto | Triangle | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Provisional Type | |
Moosehide | Triangular | Medium | Middle Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Naknek | Lanceolate to Triangular | Medium | Artic Small Tool Tradition / Brooks River Gravel Phase | Collector Type | |
Nuwuks Bear Sub-Type |
Stemmed | Large | Norton Phase | Collector Type | |
OYKC Stemmed (On Your Knees Cave) |
Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Palisades AKA: Kotzebue Bay |
Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late Northern Archaic Tradition | Valid Type | |
Pelly | Contracting Stem | Small | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Point Barrow | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Norton Tradition | Area Specific | |
Point Hope AKA: Bear Type 5 |
Stemmed | Large | Norton Tradition | Bear Subtype | |
Portage | Contracting Stem | Medium | Artic Cultural Traditions | Valid Type | |
Rat Island Blade | Ovoid | Medium to Large | Aleutian Tradition | Valid Type | |
Rat Island Stemmed | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Aleutian Tradition | Valid Type | |
Repeating Lance/ Thrusting Lance |
Stemmed | Medium to Large | Norton Tradition | Valid Type | |
Shemya Island | Ovoid | Medium to Large | Anangula Period | Valid Type | |
Siberian | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Siberian Yupik | Valid Type | |
Slightly Stemmed Pentagonal | Stemmed to Pentagonal | Small | Late Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Sluiceway | Lanceolate | Large | Artic Tradition | Valid Type | |
St. Michael | Ovoid | Medium | Thule Tradition | Valid Type | |
Sub-Triangular | Triangle | Small | Paleo-Arctic Tradition | Valid Type | |
Taan | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Paleo | Valid Type | |
Taye | Contracting Stem / Bifurcated | Medium to Large | Medium to Late Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Ugashik | Expanding Stem to Stemmed | Small to Medium | Northern Artic Tradition | Valid Type | |
Unalakleet Bear Subtype |
Stemmed | Medium to Large | Norton Tradition | Bear Subtype | |
Unalaska Fishtail | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Aleutian Tradition | Valid Type | |
Utkiavik | Stemmed | Small to Medium | Norton Tradition | Valid Type | |
Utkiavwin Bear Subtype |
Stemmed | Large | Norton Tradition | Bear Subtype | |
Whale | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Northern Artic Tradition | Valid Type | |
Whitehorse AKA: P3 |
Lanceolate to Triangular | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Xil | Ovoid to Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Xilju | Ovoid to Contracting Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Yukon Bipoint | Ovoid / Diamond | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Yukon Constricting Stem | Contracting Stem to Ovoid | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Yukon Fishtail | Auriculate Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Yukon Large Stemmed | Contracting Stem | Large | Provisional Type | ||
Yukon Small Tang | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Yukon Stemmed | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Provisional Type | |