Projectile Points of the Northwest Territories

Projectile Point Identification Guide

Alphabetical Listing of Projectile Points of the

Northwest Territories

Name	Picture	Shape	Size	Cultural Period	Validity
Acasta Side Indent Lanceolate					More Information Needed
Agate Basin		Ovoid to Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to 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
Chindadn		Triangle to Ovoid	Small	Paleo - Artic Tradition	Valid Type
Clovis		Auriculate / Lanceolate	Small to Large	Paleo	Valid Type
Clovis Unfluted		Auriculate / Lanceolate	Small to Large	Paleo	Valid Type
Denbigh		Lanceolate	Medium	Artic Small Tool Tradition	Valid Type
Dorset		Triangular	Medium	Dorset Tradition	Valid Type
Drill		Other	Small to Large	Paleo to Historic	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
Mesa		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid 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
Palisades AKA: Kotzebue Bay		Side Notch to Expanding Stem	Small to Medium	Late Northern Archaic Tradition	Valid Type
Point Hope AKA: Bear Type 5		Stemmed	Large	Norton Tradition	Bear Subtype
Repeating Lance/ Thrusting Lance		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Norton Tradition	Valid Type
Sluiceway		Lanceolate	Large	Artic Tradition	Valid Type
St. Michael		Ovoid	Medium	Thule Tradition	Valid Type
Unalakleet Bear Subtype		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Norton Tradition	Bear Subtype
Utkiavwin Bear Subtype		Stemmed	Large	Norton Tradition	Bear Subtype
Whale		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Northern Artic Tradition	Valid Type