Projectile Point Identification Guide

Lanceolate / Auriculate Shaped Projectile Points of

West Virginia

 

    

 

 

Name Picture Shape Size Cultural Period Validity
Lanceolate / Auriculate          
Anzick Clovis Lanceolate Large Paleo Valid Type
Beaver Lake
AKA: Cumberland Un-Fluted
Auriculate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Clovis Auriculate / Lanceolate Small to Large Paleo Valid Type
Clovis Unfluted Auriculate / Lanceolate Small to Large Paleo Valid Type
Cumberland Auriculate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Dalton Auriculate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Dalton Greenbrier Auriculate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Dalton Nuckolls Auriculate Medium Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic Valid Type
Guilford Concave Base
AKA: Guilford Yuma
Lanceolate Medium Middle Archaic Valid Type
Guilford Straight Base Lanceolate Medium Middle Archaic 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
McConnell Lanceolate
AKA: Ohio Lanceolate
Lanceolate Medium to Large Late Paleo Valid Type
Orient Expanding Stem to Auriculate Small to Medium Late Archaic to Early Woodland Valid Type
Quad Auriculate Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Redstone Auriculate Medium to Large Late Paleo Valid Type
Ross County
AKA: Hazel Clovis
Auriculate Medium to Large Paleo Valid Type
St. Louis
AKA Clovis St. Louis
Lanceolate Medium to Large Paleo Valid type
Stanfield Lanceolate Medium to Large Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Wheeler Excurvate Lanceolate Small to Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Wheeler Expanded Auriculate Small to Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Wheeler Lanceolate
Wheeler Triangular
Lanceolate Small to Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Wheeler Recurvate Auriculate Small to Medium Transitional Paleo Valid Type
Ovoid          
Addison Micro-Drill Ovoid Small to Medium Woodland to Mississippian Collector Type
Adena Blade Ovoid Large Late Archaic to Woodland Preform Type
Guilford Round Base Ovoid Medium Middle Archaic Valid Type
Morrow Mountain Round Base Ovoid Medium Middle Archaic Collector Type
Triangle          
Brewerton Eared Triangle Side Notch / Triangle Small to Medium Middle Archaic Valid Type
Buck Garden Triangle Small Woodland Cultural Type
Cobbs Triangle Medium to Large Early to Middle Archaic Valid Type
Decatur Blade Triangle Medium Early Archaic Preform
Elk Garden
AKA: Chestnut Triangular
Triangle Small to Medium Woodland Provisional Type
Fort Ancient Triangle Small to Medium Mississippian Valid Type
Fort Ancient Blade Triangle Medium to Large Mississippian Collector Type
Greenville Triangle to Lanceolate Medium Early to Middle Woodland Valid Type
Jack's Reef Pentagonal Triangle Small to Medium Woodland 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
Monongahela Triangle Small Mississippian Cultural Type
Yadkin Triangle Small to Medium Late Woodland to Early Mississippian Valid Type