Stemmed Projectile Points of
California
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Contracting Stem | |||||
Ano Nuevo |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Bald Mountain Borax Lake Variant |
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Ovoid to Contracting Stem | Medium | Early Archaic | Provisional Type |
Cascade Shouldered |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Channel Island Barbed |
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Contracting Stem | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Contra Costa |
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Contracting Stem | Small to Large | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Coquille Broad Neck |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Coquille Narrow Neck |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Cougar Mountain |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Excelsior |
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Contracting Stem to Ovoid | Medium to Large | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Gatecliff |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Gunther
Barbed AKA: Camas Valley, Mad River, Molly, Molalla, Rogue River, Shasta, Sutter Valley |
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Basal Notch / Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental to Classic | Valid Type |
Gypsum Cave AKA: Lobo, Park Point |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Houx |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Lake Mojave |
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Contracting Stem | Medium | Transitional Paleo | 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 |
Mahkin Shoulder Lanceolate |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Manuela |
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Contracting Stem | Small to Medium | Late Prehistoric to Historic | Valid Type |
Point Sal Barbed |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Rose Springs Sloping Shoulder |
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Contracting Stem to Stemmed | Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | Valid Type |
Sierra Contracting Stem |
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Contracting Stem | Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Sutter Contracting Stem Gunther Variant |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental to Classic / Late Prehistoric | Gunther Variant |
Vandenberg Contracting Stem |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Yana / Shasta Complex Gunther Barbed Variant |
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Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental to Historic | Cultural Type |
Yosemite Contracting Stem |
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Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type |
Stemmed | |||||
Alberta |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Alkali |
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Stemmed to Contracting Stem | Small | Developmental / Late Prehistory | Valid Type |
Big Valley |
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Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Borax Lake |
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Stemmed | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Bucks Lake |
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Stemmed | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Sub-type for Borax Lake |
Gatecliff Split Stem |
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Stemmed to Expanding Stem / Bifurcated | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Lind Coulee Type 3 |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Marymount AKA: Malaga Cove Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Small | Developmental - Late Prehistory | Valid Type |
Panamint Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Parman |
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Stemmed to Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Pinto Basin Barbed Shoulder |
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Stemmed / Bifurcated | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pinto Basin Sloping Shoulder |
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Stemmed / Bifurcated | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pinto Basin Square Shoulder |
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Stemmed / Bifurcated | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pinto Basin Shoulderless |
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Stemmed to Lanceolate / Bifurcated | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Rose Springs Stemmed AKA: Desert Stemmed |
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Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Small | Late Prehistoric / Developmental | Valid Type |
Rossi Square Stem |
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Stemmed | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Silver Lake |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo | Valid Type |
Stanislaus |
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Stemmed | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Stockton Stemmed |
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Stemmed | Small to Medium | Developmental / Late Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Ventana Amargosa AKA: Amargosa Type I |
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Stemmed | Small to 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 / Bifurcated | Medium to Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Expanding Stem | |||||
Alamo |
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Expanding Stemmed | Large to Very Large | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Cache Creek |
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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Middle to Late 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 / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Foresthill Notched |
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Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Hot Creek |
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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Jatay |
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Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Cultural Type |
Kelsey Creek Barbed |
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Expanding Stemmed | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
McGillivray |
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Expanding Stem to Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Rossi Expanding Stem |
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Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
San Jose |
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Expanding Stem to Side Notch / Auriculate | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid 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 |
Wendover |
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Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |