Alphabetical Listing of North America Projectile Points
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Rabbit
Island Type A Nespelem Bar AKA: Pismo |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Rabbit
Island Type B AKA: Pismo |
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Stemmed to Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Raccoon Creek |
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Side Notch | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Raddatz |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Ramey Knife |
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Ovoid | Very Large | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Randolph |
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Contracting Stem | Small to Medium | Woodland to Mississippian | Valid Type |
Ranilla |
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Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Classic | Valid Type |
Rankin |
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Basal Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Collector Type |
Rappahannock River |
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Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Collector Type |
Rat Island Blade |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Aleutian Tradition | Valid Type |
Rat Island Stemmed |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Aleutian Tradition | Valid Type |
Rattlesnake |
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Corner Notch | Small | Developmental to Classic | Valid Type |
Red Horn AKA for Buck Taylor |
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Side Notch | Small | Historic | AKA Type |
Red Ocher |
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Leaf | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Red River Knife |
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Stemmed | Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Redstone |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Reed |
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Side Notch | Small | Late Woodland to Mississippian | Valid Type |
Refugio |
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Ovoid | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Reigh |
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Side Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Repeating Lance/ Thrusting Lance |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Norton Tradition | Valid Type |
Rheems Creek |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Rice
Contracting Stem AKA for Hidden Valley |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | AKA Type |
Rice
Lanceolate AKA for Searcy |
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Stemmed Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | AKA Type |
Rice Lobed |
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Expanding Stem /. Bifurcated | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Rice Shallow Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Woodland | Valid Type |
Ridge Ruin |
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Side Notch | Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | Valid Type |
Rio Grande |
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Stemmed to Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Riverton AKA for Robeson Constricted Stem |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Late Archaic | AKA Type |
Roanoke Triangle |
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Triangle | Medium to Large | Late Woodland | Valid Type |
Robeson
Constricted Stem AKA: Riverton |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Robins AKA: Adena Robins |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Robinson |
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Side Notch | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Rochester |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Rocker Blade AKA for Bascom |
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Contracting Stem | Large | Late Archaic | AKA 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 |
Rockwall AKA: St. Marion |
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Expanding Stem | Small | Late Woodland to Mississippian | Valid Type |
Rocky River Basal Notch |
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Stemmed to Slightly Expanding | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Provisional Type |
Rodgers
Side Hollow AKA: Brazo Fishtail |
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Auriculate | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Rogue River AKA: Gunther Barbed |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental | AKA Type |
Roma |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Provisional 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 |
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Corner Notch | Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | AKA Type |
Ross Barbed |
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Basal Notch | Large to Very Large | Middle Woodland | Valid Type |
Ross Notched |
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Basal Notch | Large to Very Large | Middle Woodland | Valid Type |
Ross Blade |
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Lanceolate | Large to Very Large | Middle Woodland | Valid Type |
Ross County AKA: Clovis Hazel |
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Auriculate | Medium to Large | Paleo | Valid Type |
Rossi Square Stem |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Rossi Expanding Stem |
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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Rossville |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Round Valley |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Rowan |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Rowlett |
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Stemmed | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Roxana |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Ruby Valley Alder Complex |
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Lanceolate | Small to Medium | Late Paleo | Valid Type |
Rudimentary
Stemmed AKA for Ebenezer |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Woodland | AKA Type |
Rupley Lake Bulbar variant |
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Stemmed | Small | Late Prehistory to Historic | Variant |
Russell Cave |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Rustad Quarry |
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Side to Corner Notch | Small | Early Archaic | Valid Type |