Alphabetical Listing of Projectile Points of
Washington
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Agate Basin |
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Ovoid to Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Ahsahka |
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Side Notch | Small | Late Archaic | Collector Type |
Alberta |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Alkali |
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Stemmed | Small | Developmental / Late Prehistory | Valid Type |
Atlatl Valley |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Collector Type |
Cascade |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Cascade
Bi-Point AKA: Kennewick |
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Ovoid / Bi-Point | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Cascade Knife |
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Ovoid | Medium to Very Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Collector's Type |
Cascade Shouldered |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Chilcotin
Plateau |
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Corner Notch / Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type in British Columbia Collector Type in Oregon |
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 |
Cody Knife |
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Other | Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Cold Springs |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Columbia Mule Ear AKA: Mule Ear |
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Triangle | Small | Classic | Valid Type |
Columbia Plateau |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Classic | Valid Type |
Dagger |
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Expanding Stem | Small | Historic | Klickitat Variant Type |
Departure Bay |
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Expanding Stem to Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type |
DeStaffany Stemmed |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Provisional Type |
Drill |
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Other | Small to Large | Paleo to Historic | Valid Type |
Duke Point Diamond |
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Diamond / Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Provisional Type |
Duwamish |
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Triangle | Medium | Prehistoric | Provisional Type |
Folsom |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Fountain Bar |
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Side to Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic to Historic | Collector Type |
Gunther
Barbed AKA: Camas Valley, Mad River, Molly, Molalla, Rogue River, Shasta, Sutter Valley |
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Basal Notch | Small | Developmental to Classic | Valid Type |
Gunther Triangle AKA: U-Back |
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Triangle | Small | Developmental to Classic | Collector Type |
Hartstene Island |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Prehistoric to Historic | Provisional Type |
Haskett Type I |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Haskett Type II |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Hatwai |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Head Smash In Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Small | Classic to Historic | Valid Type |
Helen Point |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Classic to Historic | Valid Type |
Hells Canyon |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental to Historic | Valid Type |
Hells Canyon Basal Notch |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental to Historic | Valid Type |
Hendricks |
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Corner to Side Notch | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Collector Type |
Kamloops Pentagonal |
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Triangular | Small to Medium | Prehistoric to Historic | Valid Type |
Kamloops Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Small | Pre-Historic to Historic | Valid Type |
Klickitat |
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Expanding Stem | Small | Historic | Collectors Type |
Lehman |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Lind Coulee Type 1 |
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Contracting Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Lind Coulee Type 2 |
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Contracting Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Lind Coulee Type 3 |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Lochnore |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Lochnore Lanceolate |
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Ovoid | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Mahkin Shoulder Lanceolate |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Marpole Barbed |
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Basal Notch / Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type |
Mauer Ovoid |
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Ovoid | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type |
Mayne Barbed |
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Basal Notch / Contracting Stem | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type |
Mayne Island |
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Ovoid | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Provisional Type |
Merrybelle Bifurcated (Var. III) |
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Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Merrybelle Corner Notch (Var. I) |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Merrybelle Side Notch (Var. II) |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Molalla AKA for Gunther |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental | AKA Type |
Molly AKA for Gunther |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental | AKA Type |
Mule
Ear AKA for Columbia Mule Ear |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Classic | AKA Type |
Nesikep |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Nespelem Bar |
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Contracting Stem to Ovoid | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Northern Side
Notch AKA: Silent Snake |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Nottoway |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Historic | Collector Type |
Parman |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Pender Canal |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic to Developmental | Provisional Type |
Piqunin |
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Side Notch | Small | Historic | Collector Type |
Plateau Horizon Basal Notch |
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Basal Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Plateau Horizon Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental | Valid Type |
Plateau Pentagonal AKA: Wasco Knife |
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Triangle | Medium | Historic | Valid Type |
Plateau Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Small | Prehistoric to Historic | Valid Type |
Priest Rapids |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Collector Type |
Quilomene Bar Type A |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Quilomene Bar Type B |
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Basal Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Quilomene Bar Type C |
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Basal Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Rabbit
Island Type A AKA: Pismo |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Rabbit
Island Type B AKA: Pismo |
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Stemmed to Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Rogue River AKA for Gunther Barbed |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental | AKA Type |
Salish Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Small | Prehistoric to Historic | Cultural Type |
Salish Stemmed |
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Stemmed to Contracting Stem | Small | Prehistoric to Historic | Cultural Type |
Salish Triangular |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Prehistoric to Historic | Cultural Type |
Salmon River Fishtail |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Sauvies Island Shoulder Notch |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic to Classic | Collector Type |
Sauvies Island Hafting Notch |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic to Classic | Collector Type |
Shaniko Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Collector Type |
Shoshone Knife AKA for Wahmuza |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Developmental to Classic | AKA Type |
Shuswap |
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Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Shuswap Lanceolate |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Snake River |
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Corner to Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Late Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Spedis |
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Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Strong Barbed Auriculate |
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Auriculate | Medium | Transitional Archaic to Classic | Collector Type |
Sutter Contracting Stem Gunther Variant |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental to Classic / Late Prehistoric | Gunther Variant |
Trojan |
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Ovoid | Small to Medium | Developmental to Classic | Collector Type |
U-Back AKA for Gunther Triangle |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Developmental | AKA Type |
Vendetta |
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Stemmed | Small | Developmental to Classic | Collector Type |
Wahmuza AKA: Shoshone Knife |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Developmental to Classic | Valid Type |
Wallula Gap Wallula Square Stem |
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Stemmed | Small | Developmental to Classic | Valid Type |
Wasco Knife AKA for Plateau Pentagonal |
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Triangle | Medium | Historic | AKA Type |
Wildcat Canyon |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Windust Type A |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Windust Type B |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Windust Type C |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |