Projectile Point Identification Guide

Lanceolate / Auriculate Shaped Projectile Points of

Arizona


 

    

 

 
Name Picture Shape Size Cultural Period Validity
Lanceolate / Auriculate          
Agate Basin Lanceolate to Ovoid Medium to Large Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Armijo Side Notch / Auriculate Small to Medium Late Archaic Valid Type
Bat Cave Lanceolate Small Late Paleo Valid Type
Clovis Auriculate / Lanceolate Small to Large Paleo Valid Type
Clovis Unfluted Auriculate / Lanceolate Small to Large Paleo Valid Type
Folsom Lanceolate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Green River Lanceolate Small Middle Archaic Valid 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
La Playa Auriculate / Lanceolate Medium Middle to Late Archaic Valid Type
Meserve Lanceolate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Pinto Basin Shoulderless Stemmed to Lanceolate Medium Late Archaic Valid Type
San Jose Expanding Stem to Auriculate Small to Medium Middle Archaic Valid Type
Triple T
Humboldt Variant		 Lanceolate Medium Early to Middle Archaic Valid Variant Type
Ovoid          
Cody Knife Stemmed to Ovoid Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Cottonwood Leaf Ovoid Small Developmental to Historic Valid Type
Datil
AKA: Bluff		 Stemmed to Ovoid Small Late Archaic Valid Type
Lerma Bi-Point Ovoid Medium to Large Transitional Paleo to Middle Archaic Valid Type
Lerma Round Base Ovoid Medium to Large Transitional Paleo to Middle Archaic Valid Type
Pelona Ovoid Small Middle Archaic Valid Type
Rose Springs Sloping Shoulder Stemmed to Ovoid Small Late Prehistoric / Developmental Valid Type
Triangle          
Apache Triangle Small Historic Cultural Type
Archaic Knife Triangle Medium to Large Middle Archaic Collector Type
Bull Creek Triangle Small to Medium Developmental Valid Type
Cohonina Triangle Medium Developmental Valid Type
Cortaro Triangle to Lanceolate Small to Medium Late Archaic Valid Type
Cottonwood Triangle Small Developmental to Historic Valid Type
Hohokam Knife Triangle Medium to Large Developmental Cultural Type
Mescal Knife
AKA: Agava Knife		 Triangle Medium Late Prehistoric to Historic Valid Type
Nogales Triangle Medium to Large Middle to Transitional Archaic Valid Type
Papago Triangle Small Developmental to Historic Cultural Type
Pima Triangle Small Historic Cultural Type
Snaketown Triangle Triangle Small Developmental Valid Type
Sobaipuri Triangle Small Developmental to Historic Cultural Type
Triangular Knife Triangle Medium to Large Late Archaic Collector Type