Stemmed Projectile Points of
British Columbia
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Contracting Stem | |||||
Cascade Shouldered | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
DeStaffany Stemmed | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Duke Point Diamond | Diamond / Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Hartstene Island | Contracting Stem | Small | Prehistoric to Historic | Provisional Type | |
Kavik Contracting Stem AKA: Kio-Kut and Athapaskan Stemmed |
Contracting Stem to Stemmed | Small | Athapaskan Culture | Valid Type | |
Lind Coulee Type 1 | Contracting Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Lind Coulee Type 2 | Contracting Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Mayne Barbed | Basal Notch / Contracting Stem | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Nespelem Bar | Contracting Stem to Ovoid | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Pelly | Contracting Stem | Small | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Pender Canal | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic to Developmental | Provisional Type | |
Rabbit
Island Type A AKA: Pismo |
Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental | Valid Type | |
Slightly Stemmed Pentagonal | Stemmed to Pentagonal | Small | Late Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Taan | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Paleo | Valid Type | |
Taye | Contracting Stem / Bifurcated | Medium to Large | Medium to Late Archaic | Provisional 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 Constricting Stem | Contracting Stem to Ovoid | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Yukon Large Stemmed | Contracting Stem | Large | Provisional Type | ||
Yukon Small Tang | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Stemmed | |||||
Alberta | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Cody Knife | Other | Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Destruction Bay Stemmed | Stemmed | Medium | Middle Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Duncan | Stemmed / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Lind Coulee Type 3 | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Marpole Barbed | Basal Notch / Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type | |
OYKC Stemmed (On Your Knees Cave) |
Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Parman | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Rabbit
Island Type B AKA: Pismo |
Stemmed to Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental | Valid Type | |
Salish Stemmed | Stemmed to Contracting Stem | Small | Prehistoric to Historic | Cultural Type | |
Windust Type A | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Windust Type B | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Windust Type C | Stemmed / Bifurcated | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Yukon Stemmed | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Expanding Stem | |||||
Aishihik Expanding Stem | Expanding Stem | Large | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Provisional Type | |
Anderson Side Notch | Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Large | Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Departure Bay | Expanding Stem to Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Hanna | Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Hatwai | Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Kamut | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Maple Leaf Bitterroot Variant |
Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Mummy Cave | Expanding Stem to Corner Notch | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Yonkee | Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |