Basal Notch and Central Projectile Points of North America
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Andice |
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Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Bandy |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Barry |
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Basal Notch | Large | Middle Archaic | Discontinued type - Re-sharpened Smith type |
Base Tang Knife |
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Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Belem |
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Basal Notch / Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Medium | Classic | Valid Type |
Bell |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Bella Vista |
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Basal Notch | Large | Classic | Valid Type |
Calf Creek |
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Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Camas Valley AKA for Gunther Barbed |
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Contracting Stem | Small to Medium | Developmental to Classic / Prehistoric to Historic | AKA Type |
Castroville |
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Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Citrus |
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Basal Notch | Medium | Early to Middle Woodland | Valid Type |
Clay |
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Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Culbreath Type I |
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Basal Notch / Stemmed | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Culbreath Type II |
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Basal Notch / Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Earbob Ferry |
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Basal Notch | Medium | Woodland | Provisional 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 |
Emigrant Springs |
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Basal Notch | Small | Developmental | Collector Type |
Erb Basal Notch |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Late Woodland | Valid Type |
Eshback |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Eva Type I |
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Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Eva Type II |
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Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Hells Canyon Basal Notch |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental to Historic | Valid Type |
Hernando |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Little River |
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Basal Notch | Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Collector Type |
Marpole Barbed | ![]() |
Basal Notch / Stemmed to Expanding Stem | Medium | Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type |
Marshall AKA Marshall Brabed, Smithwick Small Stem, Bluffton Barbed |
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Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Mayne Barbed | ![]() ![]() |
Basal Notch / Contracting Stem | Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Provisional Type |
Mehlville | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Basal Notch | Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Nopalera |
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Basal Notch to Stemmed | Medium to Large | Classic | Valid Type |
Ouachita |
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Basal Notch | Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Collector Type |
Parowan |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Developmental | 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 |
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 |
Rocky River Basal Notch |
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Stemmed to Slightly Expanding | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Provisional 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 |
San Saba Knife |
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Basal Notch | Large to Very Large | Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Shincola |
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Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Classic | Valid Type |
Shumla |
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Basal Notch | Small to Medium | Late to Transitional Archaic | Valid Type |
Slentz Barbed |
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Stemmed / Basal Notch | Medium | Transitional Archaic to Classic | Valid Type |
Smith |
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Basal Notch | Large to Very Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Tepeapulco |
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Basal Notch | Large | Classic | Valid Type |
Wade |
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Expanding Stem to Basal Notched | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Wray AKA Pelican Lake Harder Variety |
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Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Collector Type |