Alphabetical Listing of North America Projectile Points
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Mabin Subtype for Gary |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Gary Subtype |
MacCorkle AKA: Large Bi-Face |
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Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Mackinaw AKA: Aldridge |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Woodland | Site Specific |
Macon | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Macpherson | ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Mad
River AKA for Gunther |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental | AKA Type |
Mad Sheep | ![]() |
Triangle | Medium to Large | Woodland | Provisional Type |
Madeline
Dunes AKA for Northern Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | AKA / Site Specific Type |
Madina Plano Point | ![]() |
Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Madison | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Triangle | Small | Late Woodland to Mississippian | Valid Type |
Madison Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Madonna | ![]() |
Side Notch | Small | Classic - Historic | Valid Type |
Magic Mountain Corner Notch | ![]() ![]() |
Corner Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Magic Mountain Side Notch | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Mahaffey | ![]() ![]() |
Ovoid | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Collector Type |
Mahkin Shoulder Lanceolate | ![]() |
Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Mahomet / Zephyr | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
MALA (Middle Archaic Late Archaic) AKA: Allendale |
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Middle to Late Archaic | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Malaga
Cove Leaf AKA: Chumash and Coastal Cottonwood |
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Ovoid | Small to Medium | Developmental | Valid Type |
Maljamar | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Mallory | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Manasota | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Triangle | Small to Medium | Woodland | Collector Type |
Manker | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Corner Notch | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Mansion
Inn Coburn Variant |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Mansion
Inn Dudley Variant |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Mansion
Inn Waterton Variant |
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Contracting Stem | Large to Very Large | Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Manuela | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Contracting Stem | Small to Medium | Late Prehistoric to Historic | Valid Type |
Manzano Cave | |
Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Maple Leaf Bitterroot Variant |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Provisional Type |
Maple Mills |
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Side Notch | Small | Late Woodland | Valid Type |
Maples |
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Contracting Stem | Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Marcos | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Corner Notch | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Marianna | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo | Exhausted Dalton |
Marion AKA: Florida Archaic Stemmed |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Marpole Barbed | ![]() |
Basal Notch / Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type |
Marshall AKA: Marshall Barbed, Smithwick Small Stem, Bluffton Barbed |
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Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Martindale AKA: Martindale Fishtail |
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Corner Notch / Bifurcated | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Martis | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Marymount AKA: Malaga Cove Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Small | Developmental - Late Prehistory | Valid Type |
Mason | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Woodland | Valid Type |
Massard | ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Small | Late Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Matamoros | ![]() ![]() |
Triangle | Small | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Matanzas |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Maud | ![]() ![]() |
Triangle | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Mauer Ovoid | ![]() |
Ovoid | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type |
Mayacmas | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Corner to Side Notch | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Maybon Gary Sub-type |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Sub-Type |
Mayne Barbed | ![]() ![]() |
Basal Notch / Contracting Stem | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type |
Mayne Island | ![]() |
Ovoid | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Provisional Type |
Maynes Creek | |
Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Provisional Type |
McCarty | ![]() ![]() |
Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Woodland | Provisional Type |
McConnell Lanceolate AKA: Ohio Lanceolate |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
McCoy | ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Woodland | Valid Type |
McCurtain | ![]() |
Side Notch | Small to Medium | Mississippian | Provisional Type |
McGillivray |
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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
McGloin | |
Triangle | Small | Late Prehistory | Valid Type |
McIntire | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
McKean | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Lanceolate | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
McKee AKA: Keel Scrapper |
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Ovoid | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
McWhinney Heavy Stem | ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Meadow Canyon Corner Notch (More Information Needed) |
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Meadowood AKA: Hodges (Michigan) |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Meadowood Blade | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Triangle | Medium to Large | Early Woodland | Preform |
Mehlville | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Basal Notch | Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Melvern Gary Sub-type |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Sub-Type |
Mendocino Concave | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Lanceolate | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Mendocino Side Notch AKA for Albion Head |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle to Transitional Archaic | AKA Type |
Merkle | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Merom | ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Small | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Merrimack | |
Stemmed | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Merrybelle Bifurcated (Var. III) | ![]() |
Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Merrybelle Corner Notch (Var. I) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Merrybelle Side Notch (Var. II) | ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Mesa | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Mescal Knife AKA: Agava Knife |
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Triangle | Medium | Late Prehistoric to Historic | Valid Type |
Meserve |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Metates Barbed | ![]() ![]() |
Corner Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic to Preclassic | Valid Type |
Metates Corner Notch | ![]() |
Corner Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic to Preclassic | Valid Type |
Metzal | ![]() |
Lanceolate | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Michaud / Neponset | ![]() |
Auriculate | Medium to Large | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Mid Tang Knife | ![]() |
Other | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Middleport Notched |
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Side Notch | Small | Woodland | Valid Type |
Middleport Triangular |
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Triangle | Small | Woodland | Valid Type |
Midland |
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Auriculate | Small to Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Midland Pomranky Variant |
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Triangle | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Pomranky Variant |
Milanville Ground Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Archaic | Valid Type |
Miller Lanceolate |
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Lanceolate | Medium to Large | Paleo | Provisional Type |
Mills | |
Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Provisional Type |
Milnesand |
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Lanceolate | Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Mimbre | ![]() |
Side Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Mineral Springs | ![]() |
Triangle | Large | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Minocqua | ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Minto | ![]() |
Triangle | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Provisional Type |
Moctehuma Stemmed | ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Medium | Transitional Archaic to Preclassic | Valid |
Mission Point AKA for Guerrero |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Historic | AKA type |
Mississippi Triangular AKA for Madison Triangle |
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Triangle | Small | Late Woodland to Mississippian | AKA Type |
Modesto AKA: Karnak Unstemmed |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Middle to Late 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 |
Monocacy | ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Provisional Type |
Monona | ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Monongahela | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Triangle | Small | Mississippian | Cultural Type |
Montell AKA: Delia Notched Base |
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Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Montgomery | ![]() |
Triangle | Small | Late Woodland | Valid Type |
Moosehide | ![]() |
Triangular | Medium | Middle Archaic | Provisional Type |
Mo-Pac | ![]() |
Corner Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Moran |
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Stemmed | Small | Late Prehistory | Valid Type |
Morcillo Oval | ![]() |
Oval | Medium | Transitional Archaic to Preclassic | Valid Type |
Morhiss |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Morrill | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium | Middle to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Morris |
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Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Morrow
Mountain Type I |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Morrow
Mountain Type II |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Morrow Mountain Round Base | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Ovoid | Medium | Middle Archaic | Collector Type |
Morrow Mountain Straight Base | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Collector Type |
Morse Knife |
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Lanceolate | Large to Very Large | Woodland | Valid Type |
Mortlach Side Notch | ![]() ![]() |
Side Notch | Small | Classic to Historic | Cultural Type |
Morton Lanceolate |
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Ovoid | Medium | Woodland | Cache Blade / Preform |
Moss Ridge Side Notch (More Information Needed) |
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Mostin Pentagonal | ![]() |
Triangle | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Motley | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Mount Albion | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Mountain Fork | ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Mouse Creek | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Triangle | Small to Medium | Late Mississippian | Valid Type |
Moyock | |
Stemmed | Small to Medium | Late Archaic | Provisional Type |
Mud Creek | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Mulberry Creek | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Mule
Ear AKA for Columbia Mule Ear |
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Triangle | Small to Medium | Classic | AKA Type |
Mummy Cave | ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Medium | Early to 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) |
Muncy |
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Contracting Stem | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Mund | ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late Woodland | Valid Type |
Munker's Creek | ![]() ![]() |
Expanding Stem | Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Murphy's Stemmed |
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Expanding Stemmed | Medium | Middle Woodland | Provisional Type |