Alphabetical Listing of Projectile Points of
West Virginia
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Addison Micro-Drill |
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Other | Small to Medium | Woodland to Mississippian | Collector Type |
Adena |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Adena Blade |
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Ovoid | Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Preform Type |
Adena Narrow Blade |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Adena
Robins AKA: Robins |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Adena Snapped Base |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Collector Type |
Adena Vanishing Stem |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Collector Type |
Adena
Waubesa AKA for Waubesa |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | AKA Type |
Amos |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Anzick Clovis |
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Lanceolate | Large | Paleo | Valid Type |
Appalachian |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Armstrong |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Ashtabula |
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Expanding Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Backstrum |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Woodland | Provisional Type |
Bakers Creek |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Beacon Island |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Beaver
Lake AKA: Cumberland Un-Fluted |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid 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 |
Brewerton |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Brewerton Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Brewerton Eared |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Brewerton Eared Triangle |
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Side Notch / Triangle | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Briar
Creek AKA for Guilford Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | AKA Type |
Broad Corner Notch AKA for Jack's Reef Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Woodland | AKA Type |
Buck Garden |
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Triangle | Small | Woodland | Cultural Type |
Buffalo Expanding Stem |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Buffalo Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Buzzard
Roost Creek AKA Benton Auriculate |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Charleston |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Chesser |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Chestnut AKA: Elk Garden |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Woodland | Provisional 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
- St Louis AKA: St. Louis |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Paleo | Sub-Type for Clovis |
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 |
Cresap |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early 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 Greenbrier |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Dalton Nuckolls |
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Auriculate | Medium | 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 |
Dry Brook Fishtail |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Eastern Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Generic Type |
Ecusta AKA: Escusta |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Edgefield Scraper |
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Corner to Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Elk Garden AKA: Chestnut Triangular |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Woodland | Provisional Type |
Escusta AKA for Ecusta |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | AKA Type |
Fishspear |
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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Woodland | 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 |
Fox Creek / Shelby Bay |
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Stemmed | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Fractured Base Point AKA for Decatur |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | AKA Type |
Fulton AKA Turkey Tail Fulton |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Genesee |
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Stemmed | Large | Middle 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 |
Hansford |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Early 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 |
Harrison AKA for Turkeytail Harrison |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | AKA 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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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Hebron AKA for Turkeytail Hebron |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | AKA Type |
Hopewell |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Woodland | 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 |
Kessell AKA: Kessel |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | 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 |
Lake Erie |
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Stemmed / Bifurcated | Small | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Lamoka |
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Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Middle to 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 |
Levanna |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Mississippian | 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 |
McConnell Lanceolate AKA: Ohio Lanceolate |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Meadowood AKA: Hodges (Michigan) |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Meadowood Blade |
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Triangle | Medium to Large | Early Woodland | Preform |
Monongahela |
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Triangle | Small | Mississippian | Cultural Type |
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 |
Neuberger |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Ohio
Lanceolate AKA for McConnell Lanceolate |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | AKA type |
Orient |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Otter Creek |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Palmer AKA Small Kirk Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Small | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Perkiomen |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Pickwick |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pine Tree Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Quad |
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Auriculate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Raddatz |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | 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 |
Robins AKA: Adena Robins |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Ross County AKA: Hazel Clovis |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Paleo | Valid Type |
Savannah River |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Shiver Expanding Stem |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Archaic | Valid Type |
Snook Kill |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Snyder |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Spidel (More Information Needed) |
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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 |
St.
Louis AKA Clovis St. Louis |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Paleo | AKA 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 |
Steubenville |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Stringtown Spurred Stem |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Susquehanna Broad Spear |
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Expanding Stem to Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Sykes |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Thebes Diagonal Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Thebes Dogleg Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Thebes Square Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Thebes
E Notch AKA: Keyhole Thebes |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Turkeytail Fulton AKA: Fulton |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Turkeytail Harrison AKA: Harrison |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Turkeytail Hebron AKA: Hebron |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Vosberg |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Warrick |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Waubesa AKA: Adena Waubesa |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Woodland | Valid 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 |
White Springs |
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Stemmed | Medium | Middle Archaic | 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 |