Projectile Point Identification Guide

Lanceolate / Auriculate Shaped Projectile Points of

Idaho

 

    

 

 

Name Picture Shape Size Cultural Period Validity
Lanceolate / Auriculate          
Agate Basin Ovoid to Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Angostura Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Anzick Clovis Lanceolate Large Paleo Valid Type
Birch Creek Type A Lanceolate to Triangle Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Black Rock Lanceolate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Bliss Type B Contracting Stem to Lanceolate Small Developmental 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
Folsom Lanceolate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Green River Lanceolate Small Middle Archaic Valid Type
Haskett Type I Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Haskett Type II Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Hell Gap Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Humboldt Lanceolate Small to Medium Middle to Late Archaic Valid Type
Humboldt Basal Notch Lanceolate Small to Medium  Middle to Late Archaic Valid Type
Humboldt Constricted Base Lanceolate Small to Medium Middle to Late Archaic Valid Type
Humboldt Expanded Base Auriculate Lanceolate Small to Medium Middle to Late Archaic Valid Type
Lovell Auriculate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
McKean Lanceolate Medium Middle Archaic Valid Type
Owl Cave Lanceolate to Ovoid Medium Transitional Paleo Collector Type
Pinto Basin Shoulderless Stemmed to Lanceolate Medium Late Archaic Valid Type
Plainview Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Shuswap Lanceolate Lanceolate Medium Late to Transitional Arcahic Valid Type
Spedis Contracting Stem to Lanceolate Small to Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Collector Type
Triple T
Humboldt Variant
Lanceolate Medium Early to Middle Archaic Valid Variant Type
Ovoid          
Birch Creek Type B Ovoid Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Bliss Type A Contracting Stem to Ovoid Small Developmental Valid Type
Cascade Ovoid Medium to Large Early to Middle Archaic Valid Type
Cascade Bi-Point
AKA: Kennewick
Ovoid / Bi-Point Medium to Large Early to Middle Archaic Valid Type
Cascade Knife Ovoid Medium to Very Large Early to Middle Archaic Collector's Type
Cody Knife Stemmed to Ovoid Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Cottonwood Leaf Ovoid Small Developmental to Historic Valid Type
Early Leaf Ovoid Medium to Very Large Early Archaic More Information Needed
Embarras Bi-Point Ovoid Large Middle Archaic Valid Type
Lochnore Lanceolate Ovoid Medium Middle Archaic Valid Type
Rose Springs Sloping Shoulder Contracting Stem to Ovoid Small Late Prehistoric / Developmental Valid Type
Wahmuza
AKA: Shoshone Knife
Ovoid Medium to Large Developmental to Classic Valid Type
Triangle          
Columbia Mule Ear
AKA: Mule Ear
Triangle Small Classic Valid Type
Cottonwood Triangle Small Developmental to Historic Valid Type
Gunther Triangle
AKA: U-Back
Triangle Small Developmental to Classic Collector Type
Plateau Pentagonal
AKA: Wasco Knife
Triangle Medium Historic Valid Type
Triangular Knife Triangle Medium to Large Late Archaic Collector Type