Alphabetical Listing of North America Projectile Points
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Mabin Subtype for Gary |
Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Gary Subtype | |
MacCorkle AKA: Large Bi-Face |
Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Mackinaw AKA: Aldridge |
Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Woodland | Site Specific | |
Macon | Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Macpherson | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Mad
River AKA for Gunther |
Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental | AKA Type | |
Mad Sheep | Triangle | Medium to Large | Woodland | Provisional Type | |
Madeline
Dunes AKA for Northern Side Notch |
Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | AKA / Site Specific Type | |
Madina Plano Point | Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type | |
Madison | Triangle | Small | Late Woodland to Mississippian | Valid Type | |
Madison Side Notch | Side Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type | |
Madonna | Side Notch | Small | Classic - Historic | Valid Type | |
Magic Mountain Corner Notch | Corner Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Magic Mountain Side Notch | Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Mahaffey | Ovoid | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Collector Type | |
Mahkin Shoulder Lanceolate | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Mahomet / Zephyr | Side Notch | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
MALA (Middle Archaic Late Archaic) AKA: Allendale |
Middle to Late Archaic | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Malaga
Cove Leaf AKA: Chumash and Coastal Cottonwood |
Ovoid | Small to Medium | Developmental | Valid Type | |
Maljamar | Side Notch | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Mallory | Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Manasota | Triangle | Small to Medium | Woodland | Collector Type | |
Manker | Corner Notch | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type | |
Mansion
Inn Coburn Variant |
Stemmed | Medium to Large | Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Mansion
Inn Dudley Variant |
Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Mansion
Inn Waterton Variant |
Contracting Stem | Large to Very Large | Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Manuela | Contracting Stem | Small to Medium | Late Prehistoric to Historic | Valid Type | |
Manzano Cave | Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Maple Leaf Bitterroot Variant |
Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Maple Mills | Side Notch | Small | Late Woodland | Valid Type | |
Maples | Contracting Stem | Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Marcos | Corner Notch | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Marianna | Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo | Exhausted Dalton | |
Marion AKA: Florida Archaic Stemmed |
Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Marpole Barbed | Basal Notch / Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Marshall AKA: Marshall Barbed, Smithwick Small Stem, Bluffton Barbed |
Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Martindale AKA: Martindale Fishtail |
Corner Notch / Bifurcated | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Martis | Side Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type | |
Marymount AKA: Malaga Cove Stemmed |
Stemmed | Small | Developmental - Late Prehistory | Valid Type | |
Mason | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Woodland | Valid Type | |
Massard | Expanding Stem | Small | Late Prehistoric | Valid Type | |
Matamoros | Triangle | Small | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type | |
Matanzas | Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Maud | Triangle | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type | |
Mauer Ovoid | Ovoid | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Mayacmas | Corner to Side Notch | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Maybon Gary Sub-type |
Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Sub-Type | |
Mayne Barbed | Basal Notch / Contracting Stem | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Mayne Island | Ovoid | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Maynes Creek | Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Provisional Type | |
McCarty | Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Woodland | Provisional Type | |
McConnell Lanceolate AKA: Ohio Lanceolate |
Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Late Paleo | Valid Type | |
McCoy | Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Woodland | Valid Type | |
McCurtain | Side Notch | Small to Medium | Mississippian | Provisional Type | |
McGillivray | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
McGloin | Triangle | Small | Late Prehistory | Valid Type | |
McIntire | Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
McKean | Lanceolate | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
McKee AKA: Keel Scrapper |
Ovoid | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
McWhinney Heavy Stem | Stemmed | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Meadow Canyon Corner Notch (More Information Needed) |
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Meadowood AKA: Hodges (Michigan) |
Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Meadowood Blade | Triangle | Medium to Large | Early Woodland | Preform | |
Mehlville | Basal Notch | Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Melvern Gary Sub-type |
Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Sub-Type | |
Mendocino Concave | Lanceolate | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Mendocino Side Notch AKA for Albion Head |
Side Notch | Medium | Middle to Transitional Archaic | AKA Type | |
Merkle | Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Merom | Expanding Stem | Small | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Merrimack | Stemmed | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Merrybelle Bifurcated (Var. III) | Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Merrybelle Corner Notch (Var. I) | Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Merrybelle Side Notch (Var. II) | Side Notch | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Mesa | Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Mescal Knife AKA: Agava Knife |
Triangle | Medium | Late Prehistoric to Historic | Valid Type | |
Meserve | Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Metates Barbed | Corner Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic to Preclassic | Valid Type | |
Metates Corner Notch | Corner Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic to Preclassic | Valid Type | |
Metzal | Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Michaud / Neponset | Auriculate | Medium to Large | Late Paleo | Valid Type | |
Mid Tang Knife | Other | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Middleport Notched | Side Notch | Small | Woodland | Valid Type | |
Middleport Triangular | Triangle | Small | Woodland | Valid Type | |
Midland | Auriculate | Small to Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type | |
Midland Pomranky Variant |
Triangle | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Pomranky Variant | |
Milanville Ground Side Notch |
Side Notch | Medium | Archaic | Valid Type | |
Miller Lanceolate | Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Paleo | Provisional Type | |
Mills | Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Provisional Type | |
Milnesand | Lanceolate | Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type | |
Mimbre | Side Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type | |
Mineral Springs | Triangle | Large | Mississippian | Valid Type | |
Minocqua | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Minto | Triangle | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Provisional Type | |
Moctehuma Stemmed | Expanding Stem | Medium | Transitional Archaic to Preclassic | Valid | |
Mission Point AKA for Guerrero |
Triangle | Small to Medium | Historic | AKA type | |
Mississippi Triangular AKA for Madison Triangle |
Triangle | Small | Late Woodland to Mississippian | AKA Type | |
Modesto AKA: Karnak Unstemmed |
Ovoid | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Molalla AKA for Gunther |
Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental | AKA Type | |
Molly AKA for Gunther |
Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental | AKA Type | |
Monocacy | Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Monona | Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type | |
Monongahela | Triangle | Small | Mississippian | Cultural Type | |
Montell AKA: Delia Notched Base |
Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Montgomery | Triangle | Small | Late Woodland | Valid Type | |
Moosehide | Triangular | Medium | Middle Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Mo-Pac | Corner Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Moran | Stemmed | Small | Late Prehistory | Valid Type | |
Morcillo Oval | Oval | Medium | Transitional Archaic to Preclassic | Valid Type | |
Morhiss | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Morrill | Stemmed | Medium | Middle to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Morris | Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type | |
Morrow
Mountain Type I |
Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Morrow
Mountain Type II |
Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Morrow Mountain Round Base | Ovoid | Medium | Middle Archaic | Collector Type | |
Morrow Mountain Straight Base | Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Collector Type | |
Morse Knife | Lanceolate | Large to Very Large | Woodland | Valid Type | |
Mortlach Side Notch | Side Notch | Small | Classic to Historic | Cultural Type | |
Morton Lanceolate | Ovoid | Medium | Woodland | Cache Blade / Preform | |
Moss Ridge Side Notch (More Information Needed) |
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Mostin Pentagonal | Triangle | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Motley | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Mount Albion | Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Mountain Fork | Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type | |
Mouse Creek | Triangle | Small to Medium | Late Mississippian | Valid Type | |
Moyock | Stemmed | Small to Medium | Late Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Mud Creek | Expanding Stem | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Mulberry Creek | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Mule
Ear AKA for Columbia Mule Ear |
Triangle | Small to Medium | Classic | AKA 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) |
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Muncy | Contracting Stem | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Collector Type | |
Mund | Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late Woodland | Valid Type | |
Munker's Creek | Expanding Stem | Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Murphy's Stemmed | Expanding Stemmed | Medium | Middle Woodland | Provisional Type | |