Projectile Point Identification Guide

Lanceolate / Auriculate Shaped Projectile Points of

Maryland

 

    

 

 

Name Picture Shape Size Cultural Period Validity
Lanceolate / Auriculate          
Beaver Lake
AKA: Cumberland Un-Fluted
Auriculate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Clovis Auriculate / Lanceolate Small to Large Paleo Valid Type
Clovis Unfluted Auriculate / Lanceolate Small to Large Paleo Valid Type
Cumberland Auriculate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Dalton Auriculate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Guilford Concave Base
AKA: Guilford Yuma
Lanceolate Medium Middle Archaic Valid Type
Guilford Straight Base Lanceolate Medium Middle 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
Haw River Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Northumberland Fluted Lanceolate Medium to Large Paleo Collector Type
Quad Auriculate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Redstone Auriculate Medium to Large Late Paleo Valid Type
Shoop Auriculate Medium Paleo Valid Type
Web Complex Blade Lanceolate Large Mississippian Provisional Type
Ovoid          
Adena Blade Ovoid Large Late Archaic to Woodland Preform Type
Chesapeake Diamond Contracting Stem to Ovoid Medium Middle Archaic Provisional Type
Cinmar
AKA: Laurel Leaf
Ovoid Large Paleo Provisional Type
Guilford Round Base Ovoid Medium Middle Archaic Valid Type
Morrow Mountain Round Base Ovoid Medium Middle Archaic Collector Type
Petalas Blade Ovoid Medium to Large Middle Archaic Valid Type
Piscataway Contracting Stem to Ovoid Small to Medium Late Archaic to Early Woodland Valid Type
Triangle          
Brewerton Eared Triangle Side Notch / Triangle Small to Medium Middle Archaic Valid Type
Jack's Reef Pentagonal Triangle Small to Medium Woodland Valid Type
Levanna Triangle Small to Medium Mississippian Valid Type
Madison Triangle Small Late Woodland to Mississippian Valid Type
Meadowood Blade Triangle Medium to Large Early Woodland Preform
Potomac Triangle Triangle Small Late Woodland to Early Mississippian Valid Type
Shenks Ferry Triangle Medium Late Woodland Cultural Type
Susquehannock Triangle Triangle Small to Medium Mississippian Cultural Type