Alphabetical Listing of Projectile Points of
South Carolina
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Addison Micro-Drill |
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Other | Small to Medium | Woodland to Mississippian | Collector Type |
Alamance |
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Auriculate | Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Allendale AKA: MALA (Middle Archaic Late Archaic) |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Collector Type (Most professional literature refers to these as MALA points, but the University of Tennessee has referenced this name) |
Angelico |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Appalachian |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Badin |
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Triangle | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Bascom AKA: Rocker Blade |
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Contracting Stem | Large | Late Archaic | Collector Type |
Beaver
Lake AKA: Cumberland Un-Fluted |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Briar
Creek AKA for Guilford Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | AKA Type |
Big Sandy |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Big Sandy Broad Base |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Big Sandy Contracting Base / Big Sandy Auriculate |
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Bifurcated | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Big Sandy
E Notch AKA: Key Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Big
Sandy Leighton Base AKA: Leighton |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Bolen Type 1 (Side Notch) |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bolen Type 2 (Rocker Base) |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bolen Type 3 (Long Stem) |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bolen Type 4 (Corner Notch) |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bolen Ace |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bolen Recurve |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bolen Bevel |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Broad Corner Notch AKA for Jack's Reef Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Woodland | AKA Type |
Broad River |
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Stemmed | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Buggs Island |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Camp Creek |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Woodland | Valid Type |
Chattahoochee Dalton |
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Auriculate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Dalton Sub-Type |
Citrus |
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Basal Notch | Medium | Early to Middle Woodland | Valid Type |
Clovis |
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Auriculate / Lanceolate | Small to Large | Paleo | Valid Type |
Clovis -
Hazel AKA: Hazel and Ross County |
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Auriculate / Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Paleo | Sub-Type for Clovis Hazel (Collectors Type) Ross County (Valid Type) |
Clovis Unfluted |
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Auriculate / Lanceolate | Small to Large | Paleo | Valid Type |
Cobbs |
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Triangle | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Conerly AKA: Lively |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Connestee |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Cumberland |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Cumberland
Unfluted AKA for Beaver Lake |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Dalton |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Dalton Chattahoochee AKA for Chattahoochee |
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Auriculate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | AKA Type |
Dalton Greenbrier |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Decatur AKA: Fracture Base Point |
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Expanding Stem to Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Decatur Blade |
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Triangle | Medium | Early Archaic | Preform |
Deep Notch AKA for Lost Lake |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | AKA Type |
Dovetail AKA for St. Charles Dovetail |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | AKA Type |
Drill |
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Other | Small to Large | Paleo to Historic | Valid Type |
Edgefield Scraper |
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Corner to Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Elora |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Fort Ancient |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Fort Ancient Blade |
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Triangle | Medium to Large | Mississippian | Collector Type |
Fountain Creek |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Fractured Base Point AKA for Decatur |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | AKA Type |
Garden Creek Triangular |
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Triangle | Small | Middle Woodland | Valid Type |
Garth Slough |
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Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Gilchrist |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Greenbrier |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Greenville |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Early to Middle Woodland | Valid Type |
Guilford Concave Base AKA: Guilford Yuma |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Guilford Round Base |
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Leaf | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Guilford Stemmed AKA: Briar Creek |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Guilford Straight Base |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Halifax |
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Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Hardaway |
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Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Hardaway Blade |
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Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Hardaway Dalton |
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Auriculate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Hardaway Palmer |
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Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Haw River |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Hazel AKA for Ross County |
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Auriculate Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Paleo | AKA Type |
Heavy Duty |
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Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Hernando |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Jack's Reef Corner Notch AKA: Broad Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Jack's Reef Pentagonal |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Jude |
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Stemmed | Small | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Kanawha |
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Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Kirk Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Kirk Serrated |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Kirk Snapped Base |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Kirk Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Kirk (Serrated) Stemmed Bifurcated |
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Stemmed / Bifurcated | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Lafayette |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Large
Bi-Face AKA: MacCorkle |
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Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Medium | Early Archaic | AKA for MacCorkle |
LeCroy |
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Stemmed / Bifurcated | Small | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Ledbetter |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Leighton AKA for Big Sandy Leighton |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | AKA type |
Lively AKA for Conerly |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Lost Lake AKA: Deep Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
MacCorkle AKA: Large Bi-Face |
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Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Madison |
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Triangle | Small | Late Woodland to Mississippian | Valid Type |
MALA (Middle Archaic Late Archaic) AKA: Allendale |
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Middle to Late Archaic | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Marianna |
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Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo | Exhausted Dalton |
Morrow
Mountain Type I |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Morrow
Mountain Type II |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Morrow Mountain Round Base |
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Ovoid | Medium | Middle Archaic | Collector Type |
Morrow Mountain Straight Base |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Collector Type |
Otarre |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Page - Ladson |
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Auriculate | Medium | Paleo | Provisional Type |
Palmer AKA Small Kirk Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Small | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Paris Island |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Pickwick |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pigeon Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Woodland | Valid Type |
Pine Tree Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Pisgah |
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Triangle | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Plott Short Stem |
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Stemmed | Medium | Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Quad |
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Auriculate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Redstone |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Rheems Creek |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Rocker Blade AKA for Bascom |
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Contracting Stem | Large | Late Archaic | AKA (Collector) Type |
Rocky River Basal Notch |
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Stemmed to Slightly Expanding | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Provisional Type |
Ross County AKA: Hazel Clovis |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Paleo | Valid Type |
Rowan |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Safety Harbor |
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Triangle | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Savannah River |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Savannah River Small |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Simpson |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
South Appalachian Pentagonal |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
South Prong Creek |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Southampton |
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Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Medium | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
St. Albans |
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Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
St. Charles
Dovetail AKA: Dovetail |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Stanfield |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Stanly |
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Stemmed | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Stanly Narrow Stem |
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Stemmed | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Collector Type |
Suwannee |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Swannanoa |
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Stemmed | Small | Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Taylor Side Notch AKA: Spinners |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Thelma Short Stem |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Transylvania Triangle |
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Triangle | Medium to Large | Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Uwharrie |
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Triangle | Small | Woodland | Valid Type |
Van Lott |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Waratan |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Woodland | Valid Type |
Wateree |
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Stemmed | Medium | Early Woodland | Collector Type |
Wheeler Excurvate |
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Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Wheeler Expanded |
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Auriculate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Wheeler Lanceolate Wheeler Triangular |
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Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Wheeler Recurvate |
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Auriculate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Yadkin |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Late Woodland to Early Mississippian | Valid Type |
Yadkin Eared |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Late Woodland to Early Mississippian | Valid Type |