Projectile Point Identification Guide

Lanceolate / Auriculate Shaped Projectile Points of

Alaska


 

    

 

 

Name Picture Shape Size Cultural Period Validity
Lanceolate / Auriculate          
Annie Lake Lanceolate Medium Early Archaic Valid Type
Chignik Lanceolate Lanceolate Medium Aleutian Tradition Valid Type
Clovis Auriculate / Lanceolate Small to Large Paleo Valid Type
Clovis Unfluted Auriculate / Lanceolate Small to Large Paleo Valid Type
Denbigh Bipoint to Lanceolate Medium Artic Small Tool Tradition Valid Type
Mesa Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Naknek Lanceolate to Triangular Medium Artic Small Tool Tradition / Brooks River Gravel Phase Collector Type
Pelly Contracting Stem Small Early Archaic Valid Type
Sluiceway Lanceolate Large Artic Tradition Valid Type
Unalaska Fishtail Expanding Stem to Auriculate Medium to Large Aleutian Tradition Valid Type
Whitehorse
AKA: P3
Lanceolate to Triangular Medium Late Archaic Valid Type
Yukon Fishtail Auriculate Lanceolate Medium Transitional Archaic Provisional Type
Ovoid          
Anagula Blade Ovoid Small to Medium Aleutian Tradition Valid Type
Chignik Leaf Ovoid Medium to Large Aleutian Tradition Valid Type
Chindadn Triangle to Ovoid Small Paleo - Artic Tradition Valid Type
Dutch Harbor Bi-Point Ovoid Medium to Large Aleutian Tradition Valid Type
Dutch Harbor Ovoid Ovoid Medium to Large Aleutian Tradition Valid Type
Rat Island Blade Ovoid Medium to Large Aleutian Tradition Valid Type
Shemya Island Ovoid Medium to Large Anangula Period Valid Type
Slightly Stemmed Pentagonal Stemmed to Pentagonal Small Late Archaic Provisional Type
St. Michael Ovoid Medium Thule Tradition Valid 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
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
Triangle          
Cape Smyth Triangle Small to Medium Neoglacial Valid Type
Chindadn Triangle to Ovoid Small Paleo - Artic Tradition Valid Type
Choris Triangular Medium Choris Tradition Valid Type
Dorset Triangular Medium Dorset Tradition Valid Type
Minto Triangle Medium Transitional Paleo Provisional Type
Moosehide Triangular Medium Middle Archaic Provisional Type
Naknek Lanceolate to Triangular Medium Artic Small Tool Tradition / Brooks River Gravel Phase Collector Type
Sub-Triangular Triangle Small Paleo-Arctic Tradition Valid Type