Projectile Point Identification Guide

Lanceolate / Auriculate Shaped Projectile Points of the

Gulf Coastal Region

 

    

 

 

Name Picture Shape Size Cultural Period Validity
Lanceolate / Auriculate          
Beaver Lake
AKA: Cumberland Un-Fluted
Auriculate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Chattahoochee Dalton Auriculate to Triangle Medium Transitional Paleo Dalton Sub-Type
Chipola Auriculate Bifurcated Small to Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Clovis Auriculate to Lanceolate Small to Large Paleo Valid Type
Clovis Unfluted Auriculate to Lanceolate Small to Large Paleo Valid Type
Copena Auriculate to Lanceolate Medium to Large Late Archaic to Woodland Valid Type
Cumberland Auriculate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Dalton Auriculate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Hardaway Auriculate Bifurcated Small to Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Hardaway Blade Lanceolate Small to Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Hardaway Dalton Auriculate Small to Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Manasota Auriculate Small to Medium Woodland Collector Type
Marianna Auriculate to Triangle Small to Medium Transitional Paleo Exhausted Dalton
Page - Ladson Auriculate Medium Paleo Provisional Type
Quad Auriculate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Redstone Auriculate Medium to Large Late Paleo Valid Type
Ross County
AKA: Clovis Hazel
Auriculate Medium to Large Paleo Valid Type
Safety Harbor Auriculate to Triangle Medium Woodland Valid Type
San Patrice Auriculate to Side Notch Small to Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
San Patrice Geneill Variety
AKA: Geneill
Auriculate to Side Notch Small to Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
San Patrice Hope Variety
AKA: Hope
Auriculate Small to Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
San Patrice Leaf River Variety
AKA: Leaf River
Auriculate Small to Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
San Patrice St. Johns Variety
AKA: St. Johns
Auriculate to Side Notch Small to Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Santa Fe
AKA: Dalton Santa Fe
Auriculate to Triangle Medium Late Archaic to Early Woodland Valid Type
Simpson Auriculate Medium to Large Late Paleo Valid Type
Simpson Mustache Auriculate Small to Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Suwannee Auriculate Medium to Large Late Paleo Valid Type
Tallahassee
AKA: Dalton Tallahassee
Auriculate Medium Early to Middle Woodland Valid Type
Union Side Notch Side Notch to Auriculate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Wheeler Excurvate Lanceolate Small to Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Wheeler Expanded Auriculate Small to Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Wheeler Lanceolate
Wheeler Triangular
Lanceolate Small to Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Wheeler Recurvate Auriculate Small to Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Withlacoochee Auriculate Medium Late Paleo Collector Type
Ovoid          
Cowhouse Slough Ovoid Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Morrow Mountain Round Base Ovoid Medium Middle Archaic Collector Type
Tampa Ovoid Small Late Mississippian to Historic Valid Type
Triangle          
Cobbs Triangle to Lanceolate Medium to Large Early to Middle Archaic Valid Type
Copena Triangular
AKA: Florida Copena
Triangle Medium to Large Late Archaic to Woodland Valid Type
Greenville Lanceolate to Triangle Medium Early to Middle Woodland Valid Type
Guntersville
AKA: Dallas
Lanceolate to Triangle Small to Medium Late Mississippian to Historic Valid Type
Ichetucknee Lanceolate to Ovoid Small Mississippian to Historic Valid Type
Kirk Blade Triangle Medium to Large Early Archaic Collector Type
Madison Triangle Small Late Woodland to Mississippian Valid Type
O'Leno Triangle to Ovoid Medium Late Woodland Valid Type
Pinellas Triangle Small Late Mississippian to Historic Valid Type
Stanfield Lanceolate to Triangle Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Woodland Triangle Triangle Small Woodland Generic Type for all triangular points from the Woodland period
Yadkin Triangle Small to Medium Late Woodland to Early Mississippian Valid Type