Alphabetical Listing of Projectile Points of
Minnesota
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Adena | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type | |
Adena Blade | Ovoid | Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Preform Type | |
Adena Narrow Blade | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type | |
Adena Snapped Base | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Collector Type | |
Adena Vanishing Stem | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Collector Type | |
Adena
Waubesa AKA for Waubesa |
Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | AKA Type | |
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 | |
Angostura | Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Anzick Clovis | Lanceolate | Large | Paleo | Valid Type | |
Apple Blossom | Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Atalissa | Expanding Stem | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid 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 | |
Beaver
Lake AKA: Cumberland Un-Fluted |
Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Belknap | Contracting Stem | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type | |
Besant | Side Notch | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type | |
Black Sand AKA for Godar |
Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | AKA Type | |
Browns Valley | Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Cahokia | Side Notch | Small to Medium | Mississippian | Valid Type | |
Carmichael AKA for Avonlea Carmichael |
Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late Woodland / Developmental | AKA Type | |
Cedar Valley | Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Clovis | Auriculate / Lanceolate | Small to Large | Paleo | Valid Type | |
Clovis
- St Louis AKA: St. Louis |
Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Paleo | Sub-Type for Clovis | |
Clovis Unfluted | Auriculate / Lanceolate | Small to Large | Paleo | Valid Type | |
Cobbs | Triangle | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Cody Knife | Other | Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Copper | Stemmed (varies) | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Cumberland | Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Cumberland
Unfluted AKA for Beaver Lake |
Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Dalton | Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Dalton Hemphill | Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Deep Water AKA for Sonota and Sahnish |
Side Notch | Medium | Developmental / Woodland | AKA Type | |
Des Moines | Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type | |
Dovetail AKA for St. Charles Dovetail |
Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | AKA Type | |
Drill | Other | Small to Large | Paleo to Historic | Valid Type | |
Duncan | Stemmed | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Durst | Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Eastern Stemmed | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Generic 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 | |
Fayette | Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Dalton Sub-Type / Valid Type | |
Folsom | Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Fort Dodge | Expanding Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Four Bevel Knife AKA for Harahey |
Ovoid / Diamond | Large | Mississippian | AKA Type | |
Fox Valley Bifurcated | Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Gainey Fluted | Auriculate Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Late Paleo | Valid Type | |
Godar AKA: Black Sand |
Side Notch | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Goshen | Lanceolate | Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type | |
Graham Cave | Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Gull Lake AKA for Avonlea Gull Lake |
Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late Woodland / Developmental | AKA Type | |
Harahey AKA: Four Bevel Knife |
Ovoid | Large | Mississippian | Valid Type | |
Hardin |
Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Hardin Barbed | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Hardin Knobbed | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Hardove | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type | |
Hawken | Expanding Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Hell Gap | Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Helton | Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Hi-Lo | Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Hixton | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Holcombe | Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type | |
Holston Side Notch AKA for Durst |
Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | AKA Type | |
Hopewell | Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Woodland | Valid Type | |
Huffaker | Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type | |
Klunk | Side Notch | Small | Woodland | Valid Type | |
Koster | Corner Notch | Small | Woodland | Valid Type | |
Larter Tanged | Corner Notch | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Lehigh | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Woodland | Provisional Type | |
Little Sioux | Side Notch | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Long Point AKA for Angostura |
Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | AKA type | |
Lost Island | Contracting Stem | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type | |
Lovell | Auriculate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Madison | Triangle | Small | Late Woodland to Mississippian | Valid Type | |
Madison Side Notch | Side Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type | |
Manker | Corner Notch | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type | |
Matanzas | Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
McCoy | Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Woodland | Valid Type | |
McKean | Lanceolate | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Merom | Expanding Stem to Corner Notch | Small | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Meserve | Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Midland | Auriculate | Small to Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type | |
Minocqua | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Motley | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Neuberger | Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Nodena AKA: Willow Leaf |
Ovoid | Medium | Late Mississippian | Valid Type | |
Nodena Banks AKA: Banks |
Ovoid | Medium | Late Mississippian | Valid Type | |
North Bi-Face | Ovoid | Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Cache Blade / Preform | |
Okoboji | Corner Notch | Small | Late Woodland | Valid Type | |
Osceola | Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Oxbow AKA: Parkdale (Minnesota) |
Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Parkdale AKA for Oxbow |
Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | AKA type | |
Pelican
Lake |
Corner Notch | 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 | |
Quad | Auriculate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Raddatz | Side Notch | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Ramey Knife | Ovoid | Very Large | Mississippian | Valid Type | |
Reed | Side Notch | Small | Late Woodland to Mississippian | Valid Type | |
Reigh | Side Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Rustad Quarry | Side to Corner Notch | Small | Early 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 | |
Scottsbluff Type I | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Scottsbluff Type II | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Simonsen | Side Notch | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Snyder | Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type | |
Sonota AKA: Deep Water and Sahnish |
Side Notch | Medium | Developmental / Woodland | Valid Type | |
St. Charles
Dovetail AKA: Dovetail |
Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
St. Croix | Corner Notch | Small | Woodland | Valid Type | |
St.
Louis AKA Clovis St. Louis |
Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Paleo | AKA type | |
Steuben | Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type | |
Table Rock | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Tama | Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Tipton | Expanding Stem to Corner Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Turin | Side Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Washita | Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type | |
Waubesa AKA: Adena Waubesa |
Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type | |
Whiteshell Side Notch | Side Notch | Medium | Early Woodland | Valid Type | |
Wolf Creek | Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |