Lanceolate / Auriculate Shaped Projectile Points of
California
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Lanceolate / Auriculate | |||||
Agate Basin |
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Lanceolate to Ovoid | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Black Rock |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Buchanan Eared |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
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 |
Folsom |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid 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 |
Humboldt |
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Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Humboldt Basal Notch |
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Lanceolate / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Humboldt Constricted Base |
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Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Humboldt Expanded Base |
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Auriculate Lanceolate / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Mendocino Concave |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Pinto Basin Shoulderless |
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Stemmed to Lanceolate | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Triple
T Humboldt Variant |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Variant Type |
Tulare
Lake AKA: Tulare Lake Clovis |
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Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Sub-Type |
Ovoid | |||||
Ano Nuevo |
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Contracting Stem to Ovoid | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Bald Mountain Borax Lake Variant |
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Ovoid to Contracting Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Provisional 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 to Ovoid | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Cody Knife |
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Stemmed to Ovoid | Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Copsey Bi-Point |
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Ovoid | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type (possible re-worked Excelsior points) |
Coquille Knife |
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Ovoid to Triangle | Medium | Middle Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Cottonwood Leaf |
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Ovoid | Small | Developmental to Historic | Valid Type |
Early Leaf |
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Ovoid | Medium to Very Large | Early Archaic | More Information Needed |
Excelsior |
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Contracting Stem to Ovoid | Medium to Large | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Gold Hill |
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Ovoid | Small to Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Malaga
Cove Leaf AKA: Chumash and Coastal Cottonwood |
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Ovoid | Small to Medium | Developmental | Valid Type |
McKee AKA: Keel Scrapper |
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Ovoid | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Rose Springs Sloping Shoulder |
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Stemmed to Ovoid | Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | Valid Type |
Steamboat Lanceolate |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Stockton Leaf |
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Ovoid | Small to Medium | Developmental / Late Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Tulare Lake Bi-Point |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Wahmuza AKA: Shoshone Knife |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Developmental to Classic | Valid Type |
Wealth Blade |
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Ovoid | Large to Very Large | Developmental to Historic | Valid Type |
Triangle | |||||
Buck Gully |
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Triangle | Small | Developmental | Provisional Type |
Canalino AKA: Canalino Shallow Tail and Coastal Cottonwood |
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Triangle | Small | Classic to Historic | Valid Type |
Cottonwood |
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Triangle | Small | Developmental to Historic | Valid Type |
Dos Cabezas |
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Triangle (may have Side Notch appearance) | Developmental | Valid Type | |
Gunther Triangle AKA: U-Back |
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Triangle | Small | Developmental to Classic | Collector Type |
Mescal Knife AKA: Agava Knife |
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Triangle | Medium | Late Prehistoric to Historic | Valid Type |
Mostin Pentagonal |
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Triangle | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Price Ranch |
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Triangle | Medium | Late Prehistoric to Historic | Valid Type |
Triangular Knife |
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Triangle | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Collector Type |