Projectile Point Identification

Name	Picture	Shape	Size	Cultural Period	Validity
Agate Basin		Ovoid to Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Ahsahka		Side Notch	Small	Late Archaic	Collector Type
Aishihik Expanding Stem		Expanding Stem	Large	Transitional Archaic to Developmental	Provisional Type
Alberta		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Albion Head AKA: Mendocino Side Notch		Side Notch	Medium	Middle to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Alkali		Stemmed	Small	Developmental / Late Prehistory	Valid Type
Anderson Side Notch		Side Notch to Expanding Stem	Large	Transitional Archaic	Provisional Type
Annie Lake		Lanceolate	Medium	Early Archaic	Valid Type
Antelope		Corner Notch	Medium	Transitional Archaic	Provisional 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
Atlatl Valley		Triangle	Small to Medium	Middle Archaic	Collector Type
Bare Creek AKA for Gatecliff Split Stem		Stemmed	Medium	Late Archaic	Sub-type or AKA for Gatecliff Split Stem
Basally Thinned Triangular		Triangular	Medium	Late Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Big Valley		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Blackwater Side Notch Bitterroot Variant		Side Notch	Medium	Early Archaic	Discontinued Type
Borax Lake		Stemmed	Medium	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Bucks Lake		Stemmed	Medium	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Sub-type for Borax Lake
Bullhead		Corner Notch	Medium	Late Archaic	Collector Type
Calapooya AKA: Calapooia, Kalapuya, Fern Valley		Stemmed	Small	Developmental to Historic	Valid Type
Calderwood Bitterroot Variant		Side Notch	Medium	Middle Archaic	Provisional Type
Camas Creek (More Information Needed)		Side to Corner Notch	Small	Developmental
Camus Valley Gunther Barbed Sub-type		Stemmed	Small	Developmental to Classic	Collector Type
Cascade		Ovoid	Medium to Large	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Cascade Bi-Point AKA: Kennewick		Ovoid / Bi-Point	Medium to Large	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Cascade Knife		Ovoid	Medium to Very Large	Early to Middle Archaic	Collector's Type
Cascade Shouldered		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Chilcotin Plateau		Corner Notch / Expanding Stem	Medium to Large	Early Archaic	Valid Type in British Columbia Collector Type in Oregon
Clovis		Auriculate / Lanceolate	Small to Large	Paleo	Valid Type
Clovis Unfluted		Auriculate / Lanceolate	Small to Large	Paleo	Valid Type
Cody Knife		Other	Medium	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Cold Springs		Side Notch	Small to Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Columbia Mule Ear AKA: Mule Ear		Triangle	Small	Classic	Valid Type
Columbia Plateau		Expanding Stem	Small to Medium	Classic	Valid Type
Coquille Broad Neck		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Coquille Knife		Triangle to Lanceolate	Medium	Middle Archaic to Developmental	Valid Type
Coquille Narrow Neck		Contracting Stem	Small	Transitional Archaic to Developmental	Valid Type
Cottonwood Leaf		Ovoid	Small	Developmental to Historic	Valid Type
Cottonwood		Triangle	Small	Developmental to Historic	Valid Type
Cougar Mountain		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Crescent Knife		Other	Small to Medium	Paleo	Valid Type
Dagger		Expanding Stem	Small	Historic	Klickitat Variant Type
Departure Bay		Expanding Stem to Side Notch	Medium to Large	Late to Transitional Archaic	Provisional Type
Deschutes Knife		Contracting Stem	Large to Very Large	Classic	Collector Type
Desert		Side Notch	Small	Classic	Valid Type
Desert Corner Notch AKA for Elko Corner Notch		Corner Notch	Small to Medium	Late Archaic	AKA Type
Desert Delta		Side Notch	Small	Classic	Valid Type
Desert Redding		Side Notch	Small to Medium	Classic	Valid Type
Desert Sierra		Side Notch	Small	Classic	Valid Type
Desert Stemmed AKA for Rose Springs Stemmed		Stemmed	Small	Developmental	AKA Type
DeStaffany Stemmed		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle to Late Archaic	Provisional Type
Destruction Bay Stemmed		Stemmed	Medium	Middle Archaic	Provisional Type
Drill		Other	Small to Large	Paleo to Historic	Valid Type
Duke Point Diamond		Diamond / Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle to Late Archaic	Provisional Type
Duncan		Stemmed	Small to Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Duwamish		Triangle	Medium	Prehistoric	Provisional Type
Eagle Lake British Columbia				Early Archaic	More Information Needed
Eagle Lake California		Side Notch	Medium	Middle Archaic	More Information Needed
Early Leaf		Ovoid	Medium to Very Large	Early Archaic	More Information Needed
Eastgate		Basal Notch	Small	Developmental / Late Prehistory	Valid Type
Eastgate Split Stem		Basal Notch / Bifurcated	Small	Developmental / Late Prehistory	Valid Type
Elko Side Notch		Side Notch	Small to Medium	Late to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Elko Corner Notch		Corner Notch	Small to Medium	Late to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Elko Eared		Expanding Stem / Bifurcated	Small to Medium	Late to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Elko Split Stem		Expanding Stemmed	Small to Medium	Late to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Embarras Bi-Point		Ovoid	Large	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Fern Valley AKA for Calapooya		Stemmed	Small	Developmental to Historic	AKA Type
Firstview		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Folsom		Lanceolate	Medium	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Fountain Bar		Side to Corner Notch	Small to Medium	Transitional Archaic to Historic	Collector Type
Gatecliff Split Stem		Stemmed / Bifurcated	Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Gatecliff		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Gold Hill		Ovoid	Small to Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Gunther Barbed AKA: Camas Valley, Mad River, Molly, Molalla, Rogue River, Shasta, Sutter Valley		Basal Notch	Small	Developmental to Classic	Valid Type
Gunther Triangle AKA: U-Back		Triangle	Small	Developmental to Classic	Collector Type
Hanna		Expanding Stem	Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Hartstene Island		Contracting Stem	Small	Prehistoric to Historic	Provisional Type
Haskett Type I		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Haskett Type II		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Hatwai		Expanding Stem	Small to Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Head Smash In Corner Notch		Corner Notch	Small	Classic to Historic	Valid Type
Helen Point		Triangle	Small to Medium	Classic to Historic	Valid Type
Helena (More Information Needed)		Corner Notch
Hells Canyon		Corner Notch	Small to Medium	Developmental to Historic	Valid Type
Hells Canyon Basal Notch		Basal Notch	Small to Medium	Developmental to Historic	Valid Type
Hendricks		Corner to Side Notch	Small to Medium	Late to Transitional Archaic	Collector Type
Humboldt		Lanceolate	Small to Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Humboldt Basal Notch		Lanceolate	Small to Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Humboldt Constricted Base		Lanceolate	Small to Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Humboldt Expanded Base		Auriculate Lanceolate	Small to Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Jensen		Corner Notch to Expanding Stem	Medium	Early Archaic	Provisional Type
Kalapuya AKA for Calapooya		Stemmed	Small	Developmental to Historic	AKA Type
Kamloops Pentagonal		Triangular	Small to Medium	Prehistoric to Historic	Valid Type
Kamloops Side Notch		Side Notch	Small	Pre-Historic to Historic	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
Keel Scrapper AKA for McKee		Ovoid	Medium	Middle Archaic	AKA Type
Kelsey Creek Barbed		Expanding Stemmed	Medium to Large	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Kennewick AKA for Cascade Bi-Point		Ovoid	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	AKA type
Klickitat		Expanding Stem	Small	Historic	Collectors Type
Lake Mojave		Contracting Stemmed	Medium	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Lehman		Corner Notch	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Lind Coulee Type 1		Contracting Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Lind Coulee Type 2		Contracting Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Lind Coulee Type 3		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Little Lake AKA for Pinto Basin		Stemmed	Medium	Late Archaic	AKA Type
Lochnore		Side Notch	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Lochnore Lanceolate		Ovoid	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Lockhart River		Side Notch to Expanding Stem	Medium to Large	Middle to Late Archaic	Provisional Type
Madeline Dunes AKA for Northern Side Notch		Side Notch	Medium to Large	Early Archaic	AKA / Site Specific Type
Mahkin Shoulder Lanceolate		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Mallory		Side Notch	Small to Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Maple Leaf Bitterroot Variant		Expanding Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	Provisional Type
Marpole Barbed		Basal Notch / Stemmed to Expanding Stem	Medium	Transitional Archaic	Provisional 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
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
McKee AKA: Keel Scrapper		Ovoid	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid 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
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
Minto		Triangle	Medium	Transitional Paleo	Provisional 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
Moosehide		Triangular	Medium	Middle Archaic	Provisional Type
Mostin Pentagonal		Triangle	Medium	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Mule Ear AKA for Columbia Mule Ear		Triangle	Small to Medium	Classic	AKA Type
Nesikep		Corner Notch	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Nespelem Bar		Contracting Stem to Ovoid	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Nightfire		Side Notch	Medium to Large	Late to Transitional Archaic	Collector Type
Northern Side Notch AKA: Silent Snake		Side Notch	Medium to Large	Early Archaic	Valid Type
Nottoway		Expanding Stem	Small to Medium	Historic	Collector Type
Owl Cave		Lanceolate	Medium	Transitional Paleo	Collector Type
OYKC Stemmed (On Your Knees Cave)		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Provisional Type
Parman		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Early Archaic	Valid Type
Peace River Fluted		Lanceolate	Medium	Late Paleo	Valid Type
Pelly		Contracting Stem	Small	Early Archaic	Valid Type
Pender Canal		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle Archaic to Developmental	Provisional Type
Pinto Basin Barbed Shoulder		Stemmed	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Pinto Basin Sloping Shoulder		Stemmed	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Pinto Basin Square Shoulder		Stemmed	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Pinto Basin Shoulderless		Stemmed	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Piqunin		Side Notch	Small	Historic	Collector Type
Pismo AKA for Rabbit Island		Stemmed to Contracting Stem	Small	Developmental	AKA Type
Plateau Horizon Basal Notch		Basal Notch	Medium	Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Plateau Horizon Corner Notch		Corner Notch	Small to Medium	Developmental	Valid Type
Plateau Pentagonal AKA: Wasco Knife		Triangle	Medium	Historic	Valid Type
Plateau Side Notch		Side Notch	Small	Prehistoric to Historic	Valid Type
Priest Rapids		Corner Notch	Medium	Transitional Archaic	Collector Type
Quilomene Bar Type A		Corner Notch	Medium	Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Quilomene Bar Type B		Basal Notch	Medium	Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Quilomene Bar Type C		Basal Notch	Medium	Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Rabbit Island Type A AKA: Pismo		Contracting Stem	Small	Developmental	Valid Type
Rabbit Island Type B AKA: Pismo		Contracting Stem to Stemmed	Small	Developmental	Valid Type
Rogue River AKA for Gunther Barbed		Basal Notch	Small to Medium	Developmental	AKA Type
Rose Springs Corner Notch AKA: Rosegate		Corner Notch	Small	Late Prehistoric / Developmental	Valid Type
Rose Springs Side Notch		Side Notch	Small	Late Prehistoric / Developmental	Valid Type
Rose Springs Sloping Shoulder		Stemmed	Small	Late Prehistoric / Developmental	Valid Type
Rose Springs Stemmed AKA: Desert Stemmed		Stemmed	Small	Late Prehistoric / Developmental	Valid Type
Rosegate AKA for Rose Springs and Eastgate		Corner Notch	Small	Late Prehistoric / Developmental	AKA Type
Salish Side Notch		Side Notch	Small	Prehistoric to Historic	Cultural Type
Salish Stemmed		Stemmed to Contracting Stem	Small	Prehistoric to Historic	Cultural Type
Salish Triangular		Triangle	Small to Medium	Prehistoric to Historic	Cultural Type
Salmon River Fishtail		Side Notch	Medium	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Sauvies Island Shoulder Notch		Stemmed	Small to Medium	Transitional Archaic to Classic	Collector Type
Sauvies Island Hafting Notch		Stemmed	Small to Medium	Transitional Archaic to Classic	Collector Type
Scottsbluff Type I		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Scottsbluff Type II		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Shaniko Stemmed		Stemmed	Medium	Late to Transitional Archaic	Collector Type
Shasta Complex AKA for Yana (Gunther)		Basal Notch	Small to Medium	Developmental to Classic	AKA for Gunther type
Shoshone Knife AKA for Wahmuza		Ovoid	Medium to Large	Developmental to Classic	AKA Type
Shuswap		Side Notch to Expanding Stem	Medium	Late to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Shuswap Lanceolate		Lanceolate	Medium	Late to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Silent Snake AKA for Northern Side Notch		Side Notch	Medium to Large	Early Archaic	AKA type
Skeena Lanceolate		Lanceolate	Medium to Large	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Slightly Stemmed Pentagonal		Stemmed to Pentagonal	Small	Late Archaic	Provisional Type
Snake River		Corner to Basal Notch	Small to Medium	Late Archaic to Developmental	Valid Type
Spedis		Lanceolate	Small to Medium	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Collector Type
Stanislaus		Stemmed	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Strong Barbed Auriculate		Auriculate	Medium	Transitional Archaic to Classic	Collector Type
Sutter Contracting Stem Gunther Variant		Contracting Stem	Small	Developmental to Classic / Late Prehistoric	Gunther Variant
Taan		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Paleo	Valid Type
Taye		Contracting Stem / Bifurcated	Medium to Large	Medium to Late Archaic	Provisional Type
Triple T Humboldt Variant		Lanceolate	Medium	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Variant Type
Trojan		Ovoid	Small to Medium	Developmental to Classic	Collector Type
U-Back AKA for Gunther Triangle		Triangle	Small to Medium	Developmental	AKA Type
Vendetta		Stemmed	Small	Developmental to Classic	Collector Type
Wahmuza AKA: Shoshone Knife		Ovoid	Medium to Large	Developmental to Classic	Valid Type
Wallula Gap Wallula Square Stem		Stemmed	Small	Developmental to Classic	Valid Type
Wasco Knife AKA for Plateau Pentagonal		Triangle	Medium	Historic	AKA Type
Wealth Blade		Ovoid	Large to Very Large	Developmental to Historic	Valid Type
Wendover		Expanding Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Whitehorse AKA: P3		Lanceolate to Triangular	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Wildcat Canyon		Ovoid	Medium to Large	Early Archaic	Collector Type
Willits		Side Notch	Medium to Large	Late to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Windust Type A		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Windust Type B		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Windust Type C		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic	Valid Type
Winitu / Desert Redding		Side Notch	Small to Medium	Historic	Cultural 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
Yana / Shasta Complex Gunther Barbed Variant		Contracting Stem	Small	Developmental to Historic	Cultural 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