Stemmed Projectile Points of
California
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Contracting Stem | |||||
Ano Nuevo | Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Bald Mountain Borax Lake Variant |
Ovoid to Contracting Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Cascade Shouldered | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Channel Island Barbed | Contracting Stem | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type | |
Contra Costa | Contracting Stem | Small to Large | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Coquille Broad Neck | Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Coquille Narrow Neck | Contracting Stem | Small | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type | |
Cougar Mountain | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Excelsior | Contracting Stem to Ovoid | Medium to Large | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Gatecliff | Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Gunther
Barbed AKA: Camas Valley, Mad River, Molly, Molalla, Rogue River, Shasta, Sutter Valley |
Basal Notch / Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental to Classic | Valid Type | |
Gypsum Cave AKA: Lobo, Park Point |
Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Houx | . | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Lake Mojave | Contracting Stem | Medium | Transitional Paleo | 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 | |
Mahkin Shoulder Lanceolate | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Manuela | Contracting Stem | Small to Medium | Late Prehistoric to Historic | Valid Type | |
Point Sal Barbed | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Rose Springs Sloping Shoulder | Contracting Stem to Stemmed | Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | Valid Type | |
Sierra Contracting Stem | Contracting Stem | Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Sutter Contracting Stem Gunther Variant |
Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental to Classic / Late Prehistoric | Gunther Variant | |
Vandenberg Contracting Stem | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Yana / Shasta Complex Gunther Barbed Variant |
Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental to Historic | Cultural Type | |
Yosemite Contracting Stem | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Stemmed | |||||
Alberta | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Alkali | Stemmed to Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental / Late Prehistory | Valid Type | |
Big Valley | Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Borax Lake | Stemmed | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Bucks Lake | Stemmed | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Sub-type for Borax Lake | |
Gatecliff Split Stem |
Stemmed to Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Lind Coulee Type 3 | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Marymount AKA: Malaga Cove Stemmed |
Stemmed | Small | Developmental - Late Prehistory | Valid Type | |
Panamint Stemmed |
Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Parman | Stemmed to Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Pinto Basin Barbed Shoulder | Stemmed / Bifurcated | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Pinto Basin Sloping Shoulder | Stemmed / Bifurcated | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Pinto Basin Square Shoulder | Stemmed / Bifurcated | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Pinto Basin Shoulderless | Stemmed to Lanceolate / Bifurcated | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Rose Springs Stemmed AKA: Desert Stemmed |
Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | Valid Type | |
Rossi Square Stem | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Silver Lake | Stemmed | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Stanislaus | Stemmed | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Stockton Stemmed | Stemmed | Small to Medium | Developmental / Late Prehistoric | Valid Type | |
Ventana Amargosa AKA: Amargosa Type I |
Stemmed | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid 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 | |
Expanding Stem | |||||
Alamo | Expanding Stemmed | Large to Very Large | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Cache Creek | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Elko Eared | Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Elko Split Stem | Expanding Stemmed / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Foresthill Notched | Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Hot Creek | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Jatay | Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Cultural Type | |
Kelsey Creek Barbed | Expanding Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
McGillivray | Expanding Stem to Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Rossi Expanding Stem | Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
San Jose | Expanding Stem to Side Notch / Auriculate | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
San Pedro AKA: En Medio, Hueco, and Basketmaker II |
Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Wendover | Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |