Stemmed Projectile Points of the Northwest Territories

Projectile Point Identification Guide

Stemmed Projectile Points of the

Northwest Territories

Name	Picture	Shape	Size	Cultural Period	Validity
*Contracting Stem*
Kavik Contracting Stem AKA: Kio-Kut and Athapaskan Stemmed		Contracting Stem to Stemmed	Small	Athapaskan Culture	Valid Type
*Stemmed*
Bear		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Norton Tradition	Valid Type
Bear Bifurcated		Stemmed / Bifurcated	Medium to Large	Norton Tradition	Valid Type
Kayuk (Denbigh Variant)		Stemmed	Small to Medium	Artic Small Tool Tradition	Valid Type
Kuki Bear Sub-type		Stemmed	Small to Medium	Norton Tradition	Collector Type
Nuwuks Bear Sub-Type		Stemmed	Large	Norton Phase	Collector Type
Point Hope AKA: Bear Type 5		Stemmed	Large	Norton Tradition	Bear Subtype
Repeating Lance/ Thrusting Lance		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Norton Tradition	Valid Type
Unalakleet Bear Subtype		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Norton Tradition	Bear Subtype
Utkiavwin Bear Subtype		Stemmed	Large	Norton Tradition	Bear Subtype
Whale		Stemmed	Medium to Large	Northern Artic Tradition	Valid Type
*Expanding Stem*
Palisades AKA: Kotzebue Bay		Side Notch to Expanding Stem	Small to Medium	Late Northern Archaic Tradition	Valid Type