Alphabetical Listing of Projectile Points of
Idaho
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Agate Basin |
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Ovoid to Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Ahsahka |
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Side Notch | Small | Late Archaic | Collector Type |
Alberta |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Alkali |
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Stemmed | Small | Developmental / Late Prehistory | Valid Type |
Angostura |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Antelope |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type |
Anzick Clovis |
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Lanceolate | Large | Paleo | 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 |
Bear River |
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Side Notch | Small | Late Developmental to Classic | Valid Type |
Birch Creek Type A |
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Lanceolate to Triangle | Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Birch Creek Type B |
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Ovoid | Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Bitterroot |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Black Rock |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Blackwater Side Notch Bitterroot Variant |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Variant Type |
Bliss Type A |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Bliss Type B |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Calderwood Bitterroot Variant |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Provisional Type |
Camas Creek |
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Side to Corner Notch | Small | Developmental | Discontinued Type |
Cascade |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Cascade
Bi-Point AKA: Kennewick |
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Ovoid / Bi-Point | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Cascade Knife |
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Ovoid | Medium to Very Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Collector's Type |
Cascade Shouldered |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | 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 |
Cold Springs |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Columbia Mule Ear AKA: Mule Ear |
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Triangle | Small | Classic | Valid Type |
Columbia Plateau |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Classic | 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 |
Cougar Mountain |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Crescent Knife |
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Other | Small to Medium | Paleo | 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 |
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 |
Early Leaf |
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Ovoid | Medium to Very Large | Early Archaic | More Information Needed |
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 |
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 |
Embarras Bi-Point |
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Ovoid | Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Emigrant Springs |
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Basal Notch | Small | Developmental | Collector Type |
Folsom |
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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 |
Green River |
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Lanceolate | Small | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Gunther
Barbed AKA: Camas Valley, Mad River, Molly, Molalla, Rogue River, Shasta, Sutter Valley |
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Basal Notch | Small | Developmental to Classic | Valid Type |
Gunther Triangle AKA: U-Back |
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Triangle | Small | Developmental to Classic | Collector Type |
Hanna |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Hanna Northern AKA: Northern Hanna |
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Side Notch | Medium | Late Archaic | Collector Type |
Haskett Type I |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Haskett Type II |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Hatwai |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Head Smash In Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Small | Classic to Historic | Valid Type |
Hell Gap |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Hells Canyon |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental to Historic | Valid Type |
Hells Canyon Basal Notch |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental to Historic | Valid Type |
Humboldt |
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Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Humboldt Basal Notch |
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Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Humboldt Constricted Base |
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Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Humboldt Expanded Base |
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Auriculate Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Jensen |
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Corner Notch to Expanding Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Provisional Type |
Kennewick AKA for Cascade Bi-Point |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | AKA type |
Lehman |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Lind Coulee Type 1 |
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Contracting Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Lind Coulee Type 2 |
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Contracting Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Lind Coulee Type 3 |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Little Lake AKA for Pinto Basin |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Lochnore |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Lochnore Lanceolate |
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Ovoid | Medium | Middle 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 |
Mallory |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Maple Leaf Bitterroot Variant |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Provisional Type |
McKean |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Molalla AKA for Gunther |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental | AKA Type |
Molly AKA for Gunther |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental | AKA Type |
Mount Albion |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Mule
Ear AKA for Columbia Mule Ear |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Classic | AKA Type |
Mummy Cave |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Nesikep |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Nespelem Bar |
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Contracting Stem to Ovoid | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Northern Hanna |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Collector Type |
Northern Side
Notch AKA: Silent Snake |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Nottoway |
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Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Historic | Collector Type |
Owl Cave |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Collector Type |
Pahaska Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Parman |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid 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 |
Piqunin |
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Side Notch | Small | Historic | Collector Type |
Plateau Horizon Basal Notch |
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Basal Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Plateau Horizon Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental | Valid Type |
Plainview |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Plateau Pentagonal AKA: Wasco Knife |
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Triangle | Medium | Historic | Valid Type |
Quilomene Bar Type A |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Quilomene Bar Type B |
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Basal Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Quilomene Bar Type C |
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Basal Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Rabbit
Island Type A AKA: Pismo |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Rabbit
Island Type B AKA: Pismo |
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Contracting Stem to Stemmed | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Rogue River AKA for Gunther Barbed |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental | AKA Type |
Rose Springs Corner Notch AKA: Rosegate |
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Corner Notch | 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 | Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | Valid Type |
Rosegate AKA for Rose Springs and Eastgate |
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Corner Notch | Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | AKA Type |
Salmon River Fishtail |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
San Jon |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Discontinued 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 |
Shoshone Knife AKA for Wahmuza |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Developmental to Classic | AKA Type |
Shuswap |
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Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Shuswap Lanceolate |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Late to Transitional Arcahic | Valid Type |
Silent Snake AKA for Northern Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | AKA type |
Snake River |
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Corner to Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Late Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Spedis |
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Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Sutter Contracting Stem Gunther Variant |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental to Classic / Late Prehistoric | Gunther Variant |
Triangular Knife |
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Triangle | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Collector Type |
Triple
T Humboldt Variant |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Variant Type |
U-Back AKA for Gunther Triangle |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Developmental | AKA Type |
Uinta |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Wahmuza AKA: Shoshone Knife |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Developmental to Classic | Valid Type |
Wasco Knife AKA for Plateau Pentagonal |
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Triangle | Medium | Historic | AKA Type |
Wendover |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Windust Type A |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Windust Type B |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Windust Type C |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Yonkee |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |