Projectile Point Identification Guide

Lanceolate / Auriculate Shaped Projectile Points of

Colorado


 

    

 

 

Name Picture Shape Size Cultural Period Validity
Lanceolate / Auriculate          
Agate Basin Lanceolate to Ovoid Medium to Large Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Anderson Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Collector Type
Angostura Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Armijo Side Notch / Auriculate Small to Medium Late Archaic Valid Type
Bajada Stemmed Lanceolate Medium to Large Middle Archaic Valid Type
Clovis Auriculate / Lanceolate Small to Large Paleo Valid Type
Clovis Unfluted Auriculate / Lanceolate Small to Large Paleo Valid Type
Colby
AKA: Clovis Colby
Lanceolate Medium to Large Paleo Valid Type
Sub-Type of Clovis point
Escobas Stemmed Lanceolate Medium Middle Archaic Valid Type
Folsom Lanceolate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Fourth of July Complex Stemmed to Lanceolate Medium Early Archaic Valid Type
Frederick Lanceolate Lanceolate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Goshen Lanceolate Medium Late Paleo Valid Type
Green River Lanceolate Small Middle Archaic Valid Type
Hell Gap Stemmed Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
James "Jimmy" Allen
AKA: Allen
Lanceolate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Lovell Auriculate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Lusk Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
McKean Lanceolate Medium Middle Archaic Valid Type
Meserve Lanceolate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Metzal Lanceolate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Midland Auriculate Small to Medium Late Paleo Valid Type
Milnesand Lanceolate Medium Late Paleo Valid Type
Pinto Basin Shoulderless Stemmed Medium Late Archaic Valid Type
Plainview Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Pryor Stemmed Lanceolate Medium to Large Mountain Paleo Valid Type
Rio Grande Stemmed to Contracting Stem Medium to Large Middle 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 / Contracting Stem to Ovoid Small Late Archaic Valid Type
Harahey
AKA: Four Bevel Knife
Ovoid Large Mississippian 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
Plains (Late) Knife Ovoid Medium Classic to Prehistoric Collector Type
Rose Springs Sloping Shoulder Stemmed to Ovoid Small Late Prehistoric / Developmental Valid Type
Triangle          
Archaic Knife Triangle Medium to Large Middle Archaic Collector Type
Bull Creek Triangle Small to Medium Developmental Valid Type
Cottonwood Triangle Small Developmental to Historic Valid Type
Plains Triangle Triangle Small Classic to Developmental Valid Type
Plains Triangular Knife
(Un-Notched Form)
Triangle Medium to Large Classic to Prehistoric Valid Type
Triangular Knife Triangle Medium to Large Late Archaic Collector Type