Projectile Point Identification Guide

Lanceolate / Auriculate Shaped Projectile Points of

Nevada

 

    

 

 

Name Picture Shape Size Cultural Period Validity
Lanceolate / Auriculate          
Agate Basin Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Black Rock Lanceolate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Clovis Auriculate / Lanceolate Small to Large Paleo Valid Type
Clovis Unfluted Auriculate / Lanceolate Small to Large Paleo Valid Type
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
Humboldt Lanceolate Small to Medium Middle to Late Archaic Valid Type
Humboldt Basal Notch Lanceolate / Bifurcated 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
Owl Cave Lanceolate Medium Transitional Paleo Collector Type
Pinto Basin Shoulderless Lanceolate Medium Late Archaic Valid Type
Triple T
Humboldt Variant
Lanceolate Medium Early to Middle Archaic Valid Variant Type
Ovoid          
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
Rose Springs Sloping Shoulder Contracting Stem to Ovoid Small Late Prehistoric / Developmental Valid Type
Steamboat Lanceolate Ovoid Medium to Large Late to Transitional Archaic Valid Type
Wahmuza
AKA: Shoshone Knife
Ovoid Medium to Large Developmental to Classic Valid Type
Triangle          
Cottonwood Triangle Small Developmental to Historic Valid Type
Gunther Triangle
AKA: U-Back
Triangle Small Developmental to Classic Collector Type
Mescal Knife
AKA: Agava Knife
Triangle Medium Late Prehistoric to Historic Valid Type
Mostin Pentagonal Triangle Medium Early to Middle Archaic Valid Type
Triangular Knife Triangle Medium to Large Late Archaic Collector Type