Alphabetical Listing of North America Projectile Points
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Backstrum |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Woodland | Provisional Type |
Badin | ![]() |
Triangle | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Badland Knife | ![]() ![]() |
Woodland | Varies | Other | Valid Type |
Baird Beveled Blade
AKA for Tortugas |
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Triangular | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Bajada | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Baker | ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed to Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Bakers Creek | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Bald Mountain Borax Lake Variant |
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Ovoid to Contracting Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Provisional Type |
Bandy | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Banks AKA for Nodena Banks |
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Ovoid | Medium | Late Mississippian | AKA Type |
Barbeau AKA for Ferry |
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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | AKA Type |
Barbee | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Corner Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Barber | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Barbeau AKA for Ferry |
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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | AKA Type |
Bare Creek AKA for Gatecliff Split Stem |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Sub-type or AKA for Gatecliff Split Stem |
Bare Island | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Barnes AKA: Cumberland Barnes |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Barreal | ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Small | Early Archaic | Provisional Type |
Barry | ![]() ![]() |
Basal Notch | Large | Middle Archaic | Discontinued type - Re-sharpened Smith type |
Basal Double Tang | ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Basally Thinned Triangular | ![]() ![]() |
Triangular | Medium | Late Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bascom AKA: Rocker Blade |
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Contracting Stem | Large | Late Archaic | Collector Type |
Base Tang Knife | ![]() ![]() |
Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Basketmaker II AKA for San Pedro |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | AKA Type |
Basketmaker III AKA for Trujillo |
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Expanding Stem | Small | Developmental | AKA Type |
Bassett | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Contracting Stem | Small | Mississippian / Late Pre-History | Valid Type |
Bat Cave | ![]() |
Lanceolate | Small | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Bat Wing AKA for Hillsborough |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Bayou Goula AKA: Bayougoula |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Beachum | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Beacon Island | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Bear | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium to Large | Norton Tradition | Valid Type |
Bear Bifurcated | ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed / Bifurcated | Medium to Large | Norton Tradition | Valid Type |
Bear River | Side Notch | Small | Late Developmental to Classic | Valid Type | |
Beaver
Lake AKA: Cumberland Un-Fluted |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Becker |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Provisional Type |
Beekman | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Triangle | Small | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Belem | ![]() ![]() |
Basal Notch / Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Medium | Classic | Valid Type |
Belen | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Lanceolate | Small | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Belknap | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Contracting Stem | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Bell | ![]() ![]() |
Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Bella Vista | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Basal Notch | Large | Classic | Valid Type |
Benjamin | ![]() ![]() |
Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Woodland | Valid Type |
Bennington AKA: Quailtail |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Benton | ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Medium to Very Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Benton
Auriculate / Notched Base AKA for Buzzard Roost Creek |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | AKA Type |
Benton Blade | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Triangle | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Preform Type |
Benton Bottleneck | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Sub-type of Benton |
Benton Broad Stem | ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Benton Double Notch | ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stemmed | Large to Very Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Benton Narrow Blade | ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Sub-Type for Benton |
Berclair AKA: Early Side Notch |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Provisional Type |
Besant | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Big Creek | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Big Sandy | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Big Sandy Broad Base | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Big Sandy Contracting Base / Big Sandy Auriculate | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Bifurcated | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Big Sandy
E Notch AKA: Key Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Big
Sandy Leighton Base AKA: Leighton |
Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type | |
Big Slough | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Big Valley | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Billings Double Spur | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Small | Historic | Valid Type |
Birch Creek Type A | ![]() ![]() |
Lanceolate to Triangle | Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Birch Creek Type B | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Ovoid | Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bitterroot | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Black Creek |
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Ovoid | Small to Medium | Late Archaic | Provisional Type |
Black Mesa | ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Small or Medium | Transitional Archaic to Basketmaker II | Valid Type |
Black Rock | ![]() |
Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Black Sand AKA for Godar |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Blanco | ![]() |
Ovoid | Medium | Late Paleo | Provisional Type |
Blackwater Side Notch | ![]() |
Side Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Discontinued Type |
Blevins | ![]() |
Expanding Stemmed | Small | Mississippian | Provisional Type |
Blevins | ![]() |
Expanding Stemmed | Small | Mississippian | Provisional Type |
Bliss Type A | ![]() |
Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Bliss Type B | ![]() |
Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Bluff AKA for Datil |
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Stemmed | Small | Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Bluffton Barbed AKA for Marshall Barbed |
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Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Boats Blade | ![]() ![]() |
Ovoid | Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Boggy Branch Type I | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Boggy Branch Type II | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bokoshe AKA Sallisaw Bokoshe |
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Expanding Stem | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Bolar Mountain | ![]() ![]() |
Triangle | Small | Woodland | Provisional Type |
Bolen Type 1 (Side Notch) | ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bolen Type 2 (Rocker Base) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bolen Type 3 (Long Stem) | ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bolen Type 4 (Corner Notch) | ![]() ![]() |
Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bolen Ace | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bolen Recurve | ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bolen Bevel | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bolen Extended Notch | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bolen E-Notch | ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Bonham | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Small | Mississippian / Late Pre-History | Valid Type |
Bonito | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Small | Developmental (Pueblo II and III) | Valid Type |
Borax Lake | ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Boss Hill Corner Notch | ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bottleneck | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Boydton | ![]() ![]() |
Ovoid to Diamond | Medium to Large | Collector Type | |
Bradford | ![]() |
Expanding Stemmed | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Bradley Spike | ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Small to Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Brandywine | ![]() |
Corner Notch to Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Provisional Type |
Brannon | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Bratton | ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Brazo AKA for Darl Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Medium | Middle Archaic | AKA Type |
Brazo
Fishtail AKA: Rodgers Side Hollow (San Patrice Variant) |
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Auriculate | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Breckenridge AKA: Breckenridge Dalton |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Brewerton | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Brewerton Corner Notch | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Corner Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Brewerton Eared | ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Brewerton Eared Triangle | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch / Triangle | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Briar
Creek AKA for Guilford Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | AKA Type |
Broad Corner Notch AKA for Jack's Reef Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Woodland | AKA Type |
Broad River | ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Brodhead Side Notch | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side to Corner Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bronson | ![]() |
Triangle | Medium to Large | Transitional Archaic to Pre-History | Valid Type |
Broward | ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed to Expanding Stemmed | Medium to Large | Woodland to Mississippian | Valid Type |
Browns Valley | ![]() ![]() |
Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Brunswick | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Buchanan Eared | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Auriculate | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Buck Creek | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium |
Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Buck Garden | ![]() ![]() |
Triangle | Small | Woodland | Cultural Type |
Buck Gully |
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Triangle | Small | Developmental | Provisional Type |
Buck Taylor
Notch AKA: Red Horn |
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Side Notch | Small | Historic | Valid Type |
Bucks Lake | ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Sub-type for Borax Lake |
Buda AKA for Travis |
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Stemmed | Medium | Middle Archaic | AKA Type |
Buffalo Expanding Stem | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Buffalo Gap | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Buffalo Stemmed | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Buggs Island | ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Small to Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Bulbar | ![]() |
Stemmed | Small | Late Prehistory to Historic | Valid Type |
Bull Brook | ![]() |
Auriculate | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Bull Creek | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Triangle | Small to Medium | Developmental | Valid Type |
Bullen Knife | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Medium | Woodland | Collector Type |
Bullhead | ![]() |
Corner Notch | Medium | Late Archaic | Collector Type |
Bulverde | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Bulverde - Nopalera | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Classic | Valid Type |
Bundick Colbert Var. Bundick |
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Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Small | Late Prehistoric | Collectors Type |
Burkett | ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Burnt Bluff | ![]() ![]() |
Corner Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Provisional Type |
Burroughs | Ovoid | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type | |
Burwell | ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Small | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Buzzard
Roost Creek AKA Benton Auriculate |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |