Alphabetical Listing of Projectile Points of
New Mexico
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Abajo |
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Expanding Stem | Small | Pueblo I and II | Valid Type |
Abiquiu |
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Side Notch | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type |
Acatita AKA: Cedral (Mexico) |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Agate Basin |
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Ovoid to Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Agava Knife AKA for Mescal Knife |
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Triangle | Medium | Late Prehistoric to Historic | AKA Type |
Aguaje |
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Triangle | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Ahumada AKA: Pindejo |
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Expanding Stemmed | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Alazan |
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Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Medieval Warm | Late Prehistoric | Provisional Type |
Allen AKA for James "Jimmy" Allen |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | AKA Type |
Amargosa Type I AKA for Ventana Amargosa |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | AKA Type |
Angostura |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Apache |
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Triangle | Small | Historic | Cultural Type |
Archaic Knife |
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Triangle | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Collector Type |
Armijo |
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Side Notch / Auriculate | Small to Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Augustin |
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Contracting Stem | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Awatovi |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Baird Beveled Blade AKA for Tortugas |
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Triangular | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Bajada |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Baker |
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Stemmed to Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Barreal |
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Stemmed | Small | Early Archaic | Provisional Type |
Basal Double Tang |
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Stemmed | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Basketmaker II AKA for San Pedro |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | AKA Type |
Basketmaker III AKA for Trujillo |
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Expanding Stem | Small | Developmental | AKA Type |
Bat Cave |
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Lanceolate | Small | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Belen |
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Lanceolate | Small | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Black Mesa |
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Expanding Stem | Small or Medium | Transitional Archaic to Basketmaker II | Valid Type |
Blanco |
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Ovoid | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Provisional Type |
Bluff AKA for Datil |
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Stemmed | Small | Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Bonito |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental (Pueblo II and III) | Valid Type |
Bull Creek |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Developmental | Valid Type |
Carlsbad |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Castroville |
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Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Cedral (Mexico) AKA for Attica |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Transitional Archaic | AKA Type |
Chaco |
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Corner Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Charco |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Chippean |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Provisional Type |
Cienega Basal Notch AKA: Tularosa |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Cienega
Corner Notch AKA: Tularosa |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | 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 |
Coastview AKA for Plainview |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | AKA Type |
Cody Knife |
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Other | Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Convento |
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Expanding Stem | Small | Prehistoric / Classic | Provisional Type |
Corner Tang Knife |
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Other | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Cortaro |
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Triangle to Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Cottonwood Leaf |
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Ovoid | Small | Developmental to Historic | Valid Type |
Cottonwood |
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Triangle | Small | Developmental to Historic | Valid Type |
Crescent Knife |
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Other | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Datil AKA: Bluff |
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Stemmed | Small | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Deadman's |
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Basal Notch | Small | Developmental - Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Del Carmen |
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Side Notch | Small | Classic - Prehistoric | Provisional Type |
Desert |
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Side Notch | Small | Classic | Valid Type |
Desert Delta |
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Side Notch | Small | Classic | Valid Type |
Desert Sierra |
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Side Notch | Small | Classic | Valid Type |
Dolores Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Small | Developmental Pueblo I to Pueblo II |
Valid Type |
Dolores Expanding Stem |
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Expanding Stem | Small | Developmental Pueblo I to Pueblo II |
Valid Type |
Drill |
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Other | Small to Large | Paleo to Historic | Valid Type |
Duran |
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Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Durango |
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Side Notch | Small | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Eden AKA: Yuma |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Empire Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
En Medio San Pedro Variant |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | San Pedro Variant |
Escobas |
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Stemmed | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Figueroa |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Folsom |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Four Bevel Knife AKA for Harahey |
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Ovoid | Large | Mississippian | AKA Type |
Frederick Lanceolate |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Fresnal |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Provisional Type |
Fresno |
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Triangle | Small | Historic / Mississippian | Valid Type |
Frio AKA: Walking Man |
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Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Garza AKA: Soto |
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Triangle | Small | Late Prehistoric / Classic | Valid Type |
Garza Lott AKA for Lott |
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Expanding Stem | Small | Historic | AKA Type |
Glendo (Arrow and Dart form) |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Classic / Late Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Gobernadora |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Golondrina AKA: Golondrina Plainview |
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Auriculate Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Goshen |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Green River |
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Lanceolate | Small | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Guadalupe |
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Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Provisional Type |
Gypsum Cave AKA: Lobo, Park Point |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Harahey AKA: Four Bevel Knife |
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Ovoid | Large | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Harrell |
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Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Haskell |
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Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Hatch |
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Stemmed | Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Provisional Type |
Hell Gap |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Hodges |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental / Late Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Hope AKA for San Patrice Hope Variety |
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Auriculate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | AKA Type |
Hueco San Pedro Variant |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | San Pedro Variant |
James "Jimmy" Allen AKA: Allen |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Jay |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Kin Kletso (Pueblo Side Notch Sub-Type) |
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Side Notch | Small | Classic | Valid Type |
La Cueva |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Provisional Type |
Lerma Bi-Point |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Lerma Round Base |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Leupp Side Notch AKA for Ventana Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Little Lake AKA for Pinto Basin |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Livermore |
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Stemmed | Small | Prehistory / Developmental | Valid Type |
Lobo AKA for Gypsum Cave |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | AKA type |
Long Point AKA for Angostura |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | AKA type |
Lott AKA: Garza Lott |
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Expanding Stem | Small | Last Pre-Historic | Valid Type |
Maljamar |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Manzano Cave |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Marcos |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Martindale AKA: Martindale Fishtail |
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Corner Notch / Bifurcated | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Matamoros |
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Triangle | Small | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Mescal Knife AKA: Agava Knife |
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Triangle | Medium | Late Prehistoric to Historic | Valid Type |
Meserve |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Mid Tang Knife |
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Other | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Midland |
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Auriculate | Small to Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Milnesand |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Mimbre |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Neff |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type |
Nogales |
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Triangle | Medium to Large | Middle to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Nopal Point AKA for Perdiz |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Late Prehistory | AKA Type |
Northern Side
Notch AKA: Silent Snake |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Paisano |
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Side Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Palmillas |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pandale AKA: Pandale Twisted Blade |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Park Point AKA for Gypsum Cave |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Pelona |
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Ovoid | Small | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Perdiz AKA: Nopal Point |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Late Prehistory | Valid Type |
Pindejo AKA for Ahumada |
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Expanding Stemmed | Small | Developmental | AKA Type |
Pinto Basin Barbed Shoulder |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pinto Basin Sloping Shoulder |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pinto Basin Square Shoulder |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pinto Basin Shoulderless |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Plainview
Golondrina AKA for Golondrina |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | AKA Type |
Plainview AKA: Coastview |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Point of the Pines |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental / Late Prehistoric | Provisional Type |
Pueblo Side Notch Straight Base |
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Side Notch | Small | Classic to Late Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Pueblo Side Notch Concave Base |
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Side Notch | Small | Classic to Late Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Rio Grande |
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Stemmed to Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Rocker Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Rocker Side Notch- Elko Variant |
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Side to Corner Notch | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Variant Type |
Rocker Corner Notch - Elko Variant |
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Side to Corner Notch | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Variant Type |
Rocker Sudden Variant |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Variant Type |
Sacaton |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental | Collector Type |
Salado |
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Side Notch | Small | Late Prehistoric to Historic | Valid Type |
Salt River |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Developmental / Late Prehistoric | Valid Type |
San Jon |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Discontinued Type |
San Jose |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
San Luis Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Provisional Type |
San Patrice |
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Auriculate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
San
Patrice Hope Variety AKA: Hope |
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Auriculate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
San Patrice St. Johns Variety AKA: St. Johns |
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Auriculate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
San Pedro AKA: En Medio, Hueco, and Basketmaker II |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
San Rafael |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Sandia Type I |
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Stemmed | Medium | Paleo | Controversial / Problematic Type |
Sandia Type II |
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Stemmed | Medium | Paleo | Controversial / Problematic Type |
Santa Cruz |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental / Late Prehistoric | Collector Type |
Scottsbluff Type I |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Scottsbluff Type II |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Shumla |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Silent Snake AKA for Northern Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | AKA type |
Silver Lake |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Sitgreaves Serrated |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental / Prehistory | Valid Type |
Snaketown Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Snaketown Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Snaketown Triangle |
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Triangle | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Socorro |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Collector Type |
Soto AKA for Garza |
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Triangle | Small | Late Prehistoric / Classic | AKA Type |
Squaw Mountain |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Collector Type |
St. Johns AKA for San Patrice St. Johns Variety |
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Auriculate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | AKA Type |
Sudden Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Temporal |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental Pueblo II and III |
Valid Type |
Todsen |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Provisional Type |
Tortugas AKA: Baird Beveled Blade and Taylor Thinned Blade |
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Triangle | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Toyah |
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Side Notch | Small | Late Prehistoric to Historic | Valid Type |
Triangular Knife |
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Triangle | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Collector Type |
Trujillo |
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Corner Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Tularosa AKA for Cienega |
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Corner to Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | AKA Type |
Ventana Amargosa AKA: Amargosa Type I |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Ventana
Side Notch AKA: Luepp Side Notch and Squaw Mountain |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Walnut Canyon |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental to Late Prehistoric | Provisional Type |
White Mountain Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Small | Classic to Historic | Provisional Type |
Yavapai |
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Stemmed | Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Collector Type |
Yuma AKA for Eden |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | AKA Type |