Projectile Point Identification Guide

Lanceolate / Auriculate Shaped Projectile Points of

Utah

 

    

 

 

Name Picture Shape Size Cultural Period Validity
Lanceolate / Auriculate          
Agate Basin Lanceolate to Ovoid Medium to Large Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Angostura Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Armijo Side Notch / Auriculate Small to Medium Late Archaic Valid Type
Bajada Stemmed Lanceolate Medium to Large Middle Archaic Valid Type
Birch Creek Type A Lanceolate to Triangle Medium 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
Cougar Mountain Contracting Stem to Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Colby
AKA: Clovis Colby
Lanceolate Medium to Large Paleo Valid Type
Sub-Type of Clovis point
Folsom Lanceolate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Fourth of July Complex Stemmed to Lanceolate Medium Early Archaic Valid Type
Frederick Lanceolate 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
Hell Gap Stemmed Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Humboldt Lanceolate Small to Medium Middle to Late Archaic Valid Type
Humboldt Basal Notch Lanceolate 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
James "Jimmy" Allen
AKA: Allen
Lanceolate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Lovell Auriculate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
McKean Lanceolate Medium Middle Archaic Valid Type
Owl Cave Lanceolate Medium Transitional Paleo Collector Type
Pinto Basin Shoulderless Stemmed to Lanceolate Medium Late Archaic Valid Type
Plainview Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Rio Grande Stemmed Lanceolate to Contracting Stem Medium to Large Middle Archaic Valid Type
San Jose Expanding Stem to Side Notch / Auriculate Small to Medium Middle Archaic Valid Type
Triple T
Humboldt Variant
Lanceolate Medium Early to Middle Archaic Valid Variant Type
Ovoid          
Birch Creek Type B Ovoid Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Cody Knife Stemmed to Ovoid Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Cottonwood Leaf Ovoid Small Developmental to Historic Valid Type
Datil
AKA: Bluff
Stemmed to Ovoid Small Late Archaic Valid Type
Early Leaf Ovoid Medium to Very Large Early Archaic More Information Needed
Lake Mojave Contracting Stemmed to Ovoid Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Lerma Bi-Point Ovoid Medium to Large Transitional Paleo to Middle Archaic Valid Type
Lerma Round Base Ovoid Medium to Large Transitional Paleo to Middle Archaic Valid Type
Rose Springs Sloping Shoulder Stemmed to Ovoid Small Late Prehistoric / Developmental Valid Type
Timponogus Blade Ovoid Medium to Large Developmental to Classic Cultural Type
Wahmuza
AKA: Shoshone Knife
Ovoid Medium to Large Developmental to Classic Valid Type
Triangle          
Archaic Knife Triangle to Ovoid Medium to Large Middle Archaic Collector Type
Bull Creek Triangle Small to Medium Developmental Valid Type
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
Triangular Knife Triangle Medium to Large Late Archaic Collector Type