Projectile Point Identification Guide

Lanceolate / Auriculate Shaped Projectile Points of the

Northeastern Region

 

    

 

 

Name Picture Shape Size Cultural Period Validity
Lanceolate / Auriculate          
Agate Basin Lanceolate to Ovoid Medium to Large Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Anzick Clovis Lanceolate Large Paleo Valid Type
Barnes
AKA: Cumberland Barnes
Auriculate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Beaver Lake
AKA: Cumberland Un-Fluted
Auriculate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Bull Brook Auriculate Medium to Large Late to Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Clovis Auriculate / Lanceolate Small to Large Paleo Valid Type
Clovis Unfluted Auriculate / Lanceolate Small to Large Paleo Valid Type
Crowfield Lanceolate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Cumberland Auriculate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Dalton Auriculate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Dalton Nuckolls Auriculate Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Debert
AKA: Clovis Debert
Auriculate Medium to Large Late Paleo Valid Type
Gainey Fluted Auriculate Lanceolate Medium to Large Late Paleo 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
Hi-Lo Lanceolate to Auriculate Small to Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Holcombe Lanceolate Small to Medium Late Paleo Valid Type
Intervale Fluted Auriculate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
McConnell Lanceolate
AKA: Ohio Lanceolate
Lanceolate Medium to Large Late Paleo Valid Type
Michaud / Neponset Auriculate Medium to Large Late Paleo Valid Type
Miller Lanceolate Lanceolate Medium to Large Paleo Provisional Type
Northumberland Fluted Lanceolate Medium to Large Paleo Collector Type
Orient Expanding Stem to Auriculate Small to Medium Late Archaic to Early Woodland Valid Type
Parkhill Auriculate Lanceolate Medium to Large Paleo Valid Type
Quad Auriculate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Redstone Auriculate to Triangle Medium to Large Late Paleo Valid Type
Ross Blade Lanceolate to Lanceolate Large to Very Large Middle Woodland Valid Type
Shoop Auriculate Medium Paleo Valid Type
Ste Anne / Varney
Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Web Complex Blade Lanceolate Large Mississippian Provisional Type
Ovoid          
Accokeek
Rossville Variant
Contracting Stem to Ovoid Small Early Woodland Variant type
Adena Blade Ovoid Large Late Archaic to Woodland Preform Type
Alpine Ovoid Medium Archaic Provisional Type
Boats Blade Ovoid Large Late Archaic Valid Type
Coburn
Mansion Inn Variant
Stemmed to Ovoid Medium to Large Early Woodland Valid Type
Dudley
Mansion Inn Variant
Contracting Stem to Ovoid Medium to Large Late Archaic to Early Woodland Mansion Inn / Wayland variant
Greene Ovoid Medium Late Woodland Valid Type
Morrow Mountain Round Base Ovoid Medium Middle Archaic Collector Type
North Bi-Face Ovoid Large Late Archaic to Woodland Cache Blade / Preform
Petalas Blade Ovoid Medium to Large Middle Archaic Valid Type
Taconic Stemmed / Contracting Stem to Ovoid Medium Late Archaic Valid Type
Triangle          
Beekman Triangle Small Middle Archaic Valid Type
Brewerton Eared Triangle Side Notch / Triangle Small to Medium Middle Archaic Valid Type
Erie Triangle Triangle Small Mississippian Collector Type
Hunter Brook Triangle Small Middle Archaic Valid Type
Jack's Reef Pentagonal Triangle Small to Medium Woodland Valid Type
Kittatinny Stemmed to Triangle Small Middle Archaic 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
Midland
Pomranky Variant
Triangle Medium Late Archaic to Early Woodland Pomranky Variant
Monongahela Triangle Small Mississippian Cultural Type
Saginaw
Pomranky Variant
Triangle Medium Late Archaic to Early Woodland Variant Type
Shenks Ferry Triangle Medium Late Woodland Cultural Type
Snappit Triangle Triangle Small to Medium Early to Middle Archaic Valid Type
Squibnocket Triangle Triangle Medium Late Archaic Valid Type
Susquehannock Triangle Triangle Small to Medium Mississippian Cultural Type
Swan Creek
Pomranky Variant
Triangle Medium Late Archaic to Early Woodland Pomranky Variant