Alphabetical Listing of Projectile Points of
Colorado
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Abajo |
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Expanding Stem | Small | Pueblo I and II | Valid Type |
Abiquiu |
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Side Notch | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type |
Agate Basin |
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Ovoid to Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Alberta |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Allen AKA for James "Jimmy" Allen |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | AKA Type |
Amargosa Type I AKA for Ventana Amargosa |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | AKA Type |
Anderson |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Collector Type |
Angostura |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Archaic Knife |
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Triangle | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Collector Type |
Armijo |
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Side Notch / Auriculate | Small to Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Awatovi |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Bajada |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Bare Creek AKA for Gatecliff Split Stem |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Sub-type or AKA for Gatecliff Split Stem |
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 |
Black Mesa |
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Expanding Stem | Small or Medium | Transitional Archaic to Basketmaker II | Valid Type |
Bluff AKA for Datil |
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Stemmed | Small | Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Bonito |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental (Pueblo II and III) | Valid Type |
Bull Creek |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Developmental | Valid Type |
Camel Back |
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Corner Notch | Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | Valid Type |
Chaco |
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Corner Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Cherry Gulch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Chippean |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Provisional Type |
Cienega Basal Notch AKA: Tularosa |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Cienega AKA: Tularosa |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Clovis |
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Auriculate / Lanceolate | Small to Large | Paleo | Valid Type |
Clovis
- Colby AKA: Colby |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Paleo | Sub-Type for Clovis |
Clovis Unfluted |
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Auriculate / Lanceolate | Small to Large | Paleo | Valid Type |
Cody Knife |
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Other | Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Colby AKA: Clovis Colby |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Paleo | Valid Type Sub-Type of Clovis point |
Corner Tang Knife |
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Other | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Cottonwood Leaf |
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Ovoid | Small | Developmental to Historic | Valid Type |
Cottonwood |
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Triangle | Small | Developmental to Historic | Valid Type |
Datil AKA: Bluff |
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Stemmed | Small | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Desert |
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Side Notch | Small | Classic | Valid Type |
Desert
Corner Notch AKA for Elko Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Desert Delta |
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Side Notch | Small | Classic | Valid Type |
Desert Sierra |
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Side Notch | Small | Classic | Valid Type |
Desert Stemmed AKA for Rose Springs Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Small | Developmental | AKA Type |
Dolores Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Small | Developmental Pueblo I to Pueblo II |
Valid Type |
Dolores Expanding Stem |
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Expanding Stem | Small | Developmental Pueblo I to Pueblo II |
Valid Type |
Drill |
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Other | Small to Large | Paleo to Historic | Valid Type |
Duncan |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Duran |
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Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Durango |
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Side Notch | Small | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Eastgate |
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Basal Notch | Small | Developmental / Late Prehistory | Valid Type |
Eastgate Split Stem |
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Basal Notch / Bifurcated | Small | Developmental / Late Prehistory | Valid Type |
Eden AKA: Yuma |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Eden Eared |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Elko Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Elko Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Elko Eared |
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Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Elko Split Stem |
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Expanding Stemmed | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
En Medio San Pedro Variant |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | San Pedro Variant |
Escobas |
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Stemmed | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Folsom |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Four Bevel Knife AKA for Harahey |
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Ovoid | Large | Mississippian | AKA Type |
Fourth of July Complex |
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Stemmed to Lanceolate | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Frederick Lanceolate |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Gatecliff Split Stem |
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Stemmed / Bifurcated | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Gatecliff |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Glendo (Arrow and Dart form) |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Classic / Late Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Goshen |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Green River |
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Lanceolate | Small | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Gypsum Cave AKA: Lobo, Park Point |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Hanna |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Harahey AKA: Four Bevel Knife |
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Ovoid | Large | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Harrell |
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Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Haskell |
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Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Hawken |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Hell Gap |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Hog Back |
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Corner Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Horse Fly |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
James "Jimmy" Allen AKA: Allen |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Kersey |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Kin Kletso (Pueblo Side Notch Sub-Type) |
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Side Notch | Small | Classic | Valid Type |
Lerma Bi-Point |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Lerma Round Base |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Little Lake AKA for Pinto Basin |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Lobo AKA for Gypsum Cave |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | AKA type |
Logan Creek |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Long Point AKA for Angostura |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | AKA type |
Lovell |
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Auriculate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Luepp Side Notch AKA for Ventana Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Lusk |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Magic Mountain Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Magic Mountain Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Mallory |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
McKean |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Meserve |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Metzal |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Mid Tang Knife |
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Other | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Midland |
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Auriculate | Small to Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Milnesand |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Mount Albion |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Mummy Cave AKA for Wapiti Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Small | Developmental | Discontinued Type (Wapiti) Collector Type (Mummy Cave) |
Nanton Wide Round Base |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Nawthis |
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Side Notch | Medium | Developmental | Valid Type |
Northern Side
Notch AKA: Silent Snake |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Park Point AKA for Gypsum Cave |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | AKA type |
Perry AKA for Hanna |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Pinto Basin Barbed Shoulder |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pinto Basin Sloping Shoulder |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pinto Basin Square Shoulder |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pinto Basin Shoulderless |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Plains (Late) Knife |
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Ovoid | Medium | Classic to Prehistoric | Collector Type |
Plains Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Classic to Historic | Valid Type |
Plains Triangular Knife
(Notched Form) |
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Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Classic to Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Plains Triangular Knife (Un-Notched Form) |
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Triangle | Medium to Large | Classic to Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Plains Triangle |
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Triangle | Small | Classic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Plainview |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Prairie Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Pryor |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Mountain Paleo | Valid Type |
Pueblo Side Notch Straight Base |
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Side Notch | Small | Classic to Late Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Pueblo Side Notch Concave Base |
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Side Notch | Small | Classic to Late Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Rio Grande |
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Stemmed to Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Rocker Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Rocker Side Notch- Elko Variant |
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Side to Corner Notch | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Variant Type |
Rocker Corner Notch - Elko Variant |
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Side to Corner Notch | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Variant Type |
Rocker Sudden Variant |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Variant Type |
Rose Springs Corner Notch AKA: Rosegate |
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Corner Notch AKA: Rosegate |
Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | Valid Type |
Rose Springs Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | Valid Type |
Rose Springs Sloping Shoulder |
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Stemmed | Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | Valid Type |
Rose Springs Stemmed AKA: Desert Stemmed |
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Stemmed AKA: Desert Stemmed |
Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | Valid Type |
Rosegate AKA for Rose Springs and Eastgate |
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Corner Notch AKA: Rosegate |
Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | Valid Type |
San Jon |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Discontinued Type |
San Jose |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
San Luis Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Provisional Type |
San Pedro AKA: En Medio, Hueco, and Basketmaker II |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
San Rafael |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Sattler |
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Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Small | Developmental / Late Prehistoric | Collector Type |
Scottsbluff Type I |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Scottsbluff Type II |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Shadid |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Silent Snake AKA for Northern Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | AKA type |
Silver Lake |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Squaw Mountain |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Collector Type |
Sudden Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Tompkins Side/Corner Notch |
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One side side notch One side corner notch |
Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Triangular Knife |
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Triangle | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Collector Type |
Tularosa AKA for Cienega |
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Corner to Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | AKA Type |
Trujillo |
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Corner Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Uinta |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Ventana Amargosa AKA: Amargosa Type I |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Ventana
Side Notch AKA: Luepp Side Notch and Squaw Mountain |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Wapiti Corner Notch AKA: Mummy Cave |
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Corner Notch | Small | Developmental | Discontinued Type (Wapiti) Collector Type (Mummy Cave) |
Wray AKA Pelican Lake Harder Variety |
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Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Collector Type |
Yuma AKA for Eden |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | AKA Type |