Stemmed Projectile Points of the
Northern Plains Region
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Contracting Stem | |||||
Cascade Shouldered | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Cougar Mountain | Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Gatecliff | Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Gypsum Cave AKA: Lobo, Park Point |
Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Kavik Contracting Stem AKA: Kio-Kut and Athapaskan Stemmed |
Contracting Stem to Stemmed | Small | Athapaskan Culture | Valid Type | |
Rose Springs Sloping Shoulder | Stemmed | Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | Valid Type | |
Stemmed | |||||
Alberta | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Archaic Stemmed | Stemmed | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Collector Type | |
Cody Knife | Other to Stemmed | Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Dolores Stemmed | Stemmed | Small | Developmental Pueblo I to Pueblo II |
Valid Type | |
Duncan | Stemmed / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Eden AKA: Yuma |
Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Eden Eared | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Fourth of July Complex | Stemmed to Lanceolate | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Gatecliff Split Stem |
Stemmed to Expanding Stem/ Bifurcated | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Hell Gap | Stemmed Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Hollenberg | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type | |
Horse Fly | Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Pinto Basin Barbed Shoulder | Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Pinto Basin Sloping Shoulder | Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Pinto Basin Square Shoulder | Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Pryor | Stemmed to Auriculate | Medium to Large | Mountain Paleo | Valid Type | |
Rose Springs Stemmed AKA: Desert Stemmed |
Stemmed | Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | Valid Type | |
Scottsbluff Type I | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Scottsbluff Type II | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Silver Lake | Stemmed | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type | |
Windust Type A | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Windust Type B | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Windust Type C | Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Expanding Stem | |||||
Boss Hill Corner Notch | Expanding Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Dolores Expanding Stem | Expanding Stem to Corner Notch | Small | Developmental Pueblo I to Pueblo II |
Valid Type | |
Elko Split Stem | Expanding Stemmed / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |
Hanna | Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Hanna Northern AKA: Northern Hanna |
Expanding Stem to Side Notch | Medium | Late Archaic | Collector Type | |
Hawken | Expanding Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Jensen | Corner Notch to Expanding Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Long Creek | Side Notch to Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Site (area) Specific | |
Maple Leaf Bitterroot Variant |
Expanding Stem to Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Provisional Type | |
Mount Albion | Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Munker's Creek | Expanding Stem | Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type | |
Mummy Cave | Expanding Stem | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type | |
Yonkee |
Expanding Stem | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type | |