National Search of Projectile Points Alphabetical I

Projectile Point Identification Guide

Contracting Stem Projectile Points of North and Central America

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Name	Picture	Shape	Size	Cultural Period	Validity
Acatita AKA: Cedral (Mexico)		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Accokeek Rossville Variant		Contracting Stem	Small	Early Woodland	Variant type
Adena Dickson AKA for Dickson		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic to Woodland	Valid Type
Adena Vanishing Stem		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic to Woodland	Collector Type
Adena Waubesa AKA for Waubesa		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic to Woodland	AKA Type
Adena Wells AKA for Wells		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	AKA type
Alapaha Contracting Stem (More Information Needed)		Contracting Stem
Almagre		Contracting Stem	Medium to Larger	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Ano Nuevo		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Arenosa AKA for Langtry Arenosa		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	AKA Type
Arledge		Contracting Stem	Neoglacial	Late Archaic	Provisional Type
Armadillo		Contracting Stem			More Information Needed
Atlantic Phase		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Augustin		Contracting Stem	Small to Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Austin		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle Archaic	Collector Type
Aztec More Information Needed)		Contracting Stem
Bascom AKA: Rocker Blade		Contracting Stem	Large	Late Archaic	Collector Type
Bassett		Contracting Stem	Small	Mississippian / Late Pre-History	Valid Type
Bat Wing AKA for Hillsborough		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle to Late Archaic	AKA Type
Belknap		Contracting Stem	Medium	Woodland	Valid Type
Bliss Type A		Contracting Stem	Small	Developmental	Valid Type
Bliss Type B		Contracting Stem	Small	Developmental	Valid Type
Camas Valley AKA for Gunther Barbed		Contracting Stem	Small to Medium	Developmental to Classic / Prehistoric to Historic	AKA Type
Camden Subtype for Gary Contracting Stem		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic to Early Woodland	Gary Subtype
Canfield AKA: Conodoquinet - Canfield		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Cascade Shouldered		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Cattle Run		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic	Provisional Type
Cedral (Mexico) AKA for Attica		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Transitional Archaic	AKA Type
Channel Island Barbed		Contracting Stem	Small to Medium	Transitional Archaic to Developmental	Valid Type
Cherokee		Contracting Stem	Medium	Early Archaic	Sub-Type of the Hells Gap
Chesapeake Diamond		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	Provisional Type
Cliffton AKA: Foyle Flake		Contracting Stem	Small	Late Prehistory	Preform for Perdiz
Coahuila AKA for Jora		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	Coahuila (Collector's Type) Jora (Provisional Type)
Cogswell Contracting Stem		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic to Early Woodland	Valid Type
Coker Knife AKA: Will's Point		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Early to Middle Archaic	Collector Type
Conodoquinet Canfield AKA: Canfield		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Contra Costa		Contracting Stem	Small to Large	Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Coquille Broad Neck		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Coquille Narrow Neck		Contracting Stem	Small	Transitional Archaic to Developmental	Valid Type
Corapeake		Contracting Stem	Small	Woodland	Valid Type
Cougar Mountain		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Cueva de la Nopalera I		Contracting Stem	Medium	Classic
Cypress Creek - Florida		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic to Early Woodland	Valid Type
Deschutes Knife		Contracting Stem	Large to Very Large	Classic	Collector Type
Desmuke		Contracting Stem	Small to Medium	Late to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
DeStaffany Stemmed		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle to Late Archaic	Provisional Type
Dickson AKA: Adena Dickson		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic to Woodland	Valid Type
Dudley		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic to Early Woodland	Mansion Inn / Wayland variant
Duke Point Diamond		Diamond / Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle to Late Archaic	Provisional Type
Dunn AKA: Shouldered Gary		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Transitional Archaic	Collector Type
Dutch Harbor Stemmed		Contracting Stem	Small to Medium	Aleutian Tradition	Valid Type
Duval		Contracting to Expanding Stem	Small to Medium	Late Woodland to Early Woodland	Valid Type
Ebenezer AKA: Rudimentary Stemmed		Contracting Stem	Small	Woodland	Valid Type
Excelsior		Contracting Stem to Ovoid	Medium to Large	Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Flint River Spike		Ovoid / Contracting Stem	Small to Medium	Middle to Late Woodland	Valid Type
Foyle Flake AKA for Cliffton		Contracting Stem	Small	Late Prehistoric	Preform for Perdiz / AKA Type
Friley		Expanding Bifurcated to Contracting Stem	Small	Prehistoric / Mississippian	Valid Type
Gar Scale		Contracting Stem	Small	Late Woodland to Historic	Provisional Type
Gary		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic to Early Woodland	Valid Type
Gatecliff		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Gobernadora		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Goose Creek		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Woodland to Mississippian	Collector Type
Guilford Stemmed AKA: Briar Creek		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Gypsum Cave AKA: Lobo, Park Point		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Hale		Contracting Stem	Large	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Hardee Beveled		Contracting Stem	Small to Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Hartstene Island		Contracting Stem	Small	Prehistoric to Historic	Provisional Type
Hebron AKA for Turkeytail Hebron		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic to Early Woodland	AKA Type
Hidalgo		Contracting Stem	Medium	Early Archaic	Valid Type
Hidden Valley AKA: Rice Contracting Stem		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Hillsborough AKA: Bat Wing		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Houx	.	Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Jora		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	Provisional Type AKA: Coahuila - Collector Type
Karnak Blade		Contracting Stem / Ovoid	Medium to Large	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Kiokee Creek		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Koens Crispin		Contracting Stem	Large	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Lake Mojave		Contracting Stemmed	Medium	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Langtry		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Langtry Arenosa AKA: Arenosa		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
LeFlore Subtype for Gary		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic to Early Woodland	Gary Subtype
Lehigh Broadspear		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Lind Coulee Type 1		Contracting Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Lind Coulee Type 2		Contracting Stemmed	Medium to Large	Transitional Paleo	Valid Type
Lobo AKA for Gypsum Cave		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic	AKA type
Lost Island		Contracting Stem	Small to Medium	Woodland	Valid Type
Mabin Subtype for Gary		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic to Early Woodland	Gary Subtype
Madina Plano Point		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Paleo	Valid Type
Mahkin Shoulder Lanceolate		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Early to Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Mansion Inn Dudley Variant		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Early Woodland	Valid Type
Mansion Inn Waterton Variant		Contracting Stem	Large to Very Large	Early Woodland	Valid Type
Manzano Cave		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Maples		Contracting Stem	Large	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Marion AKA: Florida Archaic Stemmed		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Mason		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Woodland	Valid Type
Maybon Gary Sub-type		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic to Early Woodland	Sub-Type
Melvern Gary Sub-type		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic to Early Woodland	Sub-Type
Merkle		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Morrow Mountain Type I		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Morrow Mountain Type II		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Morrow Mountain Straight Base		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	Collector Type
Muncy		Contracting Stem	Small to Medium	Early Archaic	Collector Type
Nespelem Bar		Contracting Stem to Ovoid	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Neville		Contracting Stemmed	Small to Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Newnan		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Nopal Point AKA for Perdiz		Contracting Stem	Small	Late Prehistory	AKA Type
Ohio Double Notch AKA for Merkle		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic	AKA type
Park Point AKA for Gypsum Cave		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic	AKA type
Pasco Knife		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle Archaic	Collector Type
Peisker Diamond		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle Woodland	Valid Type
Pelly		Contracting Stem	Small	Early Archaic	Valid Type
Pender Canal		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle Archaic to Developmental	Provisional Type
Perdiz AKA: Nopal Point		Contracting Stem	Small	Late Prehistory	Valid Type
Pinwah		Contracting Stem	Small to Medium	Late Prehistoric	Collector Type
Piscataway		Contracting Stem	Small to Medium	Late Archaic to Early Woodland	Valid Type
Point Sal Barbed		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Poplar Island		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle Archaic to Early Woodland	Valid Type
Putman		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Rabbit Island Type A AKA: Pismo		Contracting Stem	Small	Developmental	Valid Type
Randolph		Contracting Stem	Small to Medium	Woodland to Mississippian	Valid Type
Rice Contracting Stem AKA for Hidden Valley		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Early to Middle Archaic	AKA Type
Rio Grande		Contracting Stem to Stemmed	Medium to Large	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Riverton AKA for Robeson Constricting Stem		Contracting Stem	Small	Late Archaic	AKA Type
Robeson Constricting Stem AKA: Riverton		Contracting Stem	Small	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Rossville		Contracting Stem	Medium	Early Woodland	Valid Type
Rudimentary Stemmed AKA for Ebenezer		Contracting Stem	Small	Woodland	AKA Type
Sabine		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic	Collector Type
San Martin		Stemmed to Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Teotihuacac Phase II	Valid Type
Santa Cruz		Contracting Stem	Small	Developmental / Late Prehistoric	Collector Type
Schuylkill		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Sierra Contracting Stem		Contracting Stem	Large	Late to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Snook Kill		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Standlee		Contracting Stem	Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Stark		Contracting Stem	Small to Medium	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Sumter		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle Archaic	Valid Type
Sutter Contracting Stem Gunther Variant		Contracting Stem	Small	Developmental to Classic / Late Prehistoric	Gunther Variant
Swatara Long AKA: Savannah River Long		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle Archaic	Collector Type
Taan		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Paleo	Valid Type
Taconic		Contracting Stem to Stemmed	Medium	Late Archaic	Valid Type
Tallarin		Contracting Stem	Medium	Late Archaic	Provisional Type
Taye		Contracting Stem / Bifurcated	Medium to Large	Medium to Late Archaic	Provisional Type
Tecolate II		Contracting Stem	Small to Medium	Classic	Valid Type
Tlatilco		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Early Ticoman	Valid Type
Turkeytail Hebron AKA: Hebron		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic to Early Woodland	Valid Type
Vandenberg Contracting Stem		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late to Transitional Archaic	Valid Type
Virginville		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Middle Archaic	Collector Type
Watertown Mansion Inn Variant		Contracting Stem	Large	Late Archaic to Early Woodland	Variant Type
Waubesa AKA: Adena Waubesa		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Woodland	Valid Type
Weak Stemmed		Contracting Stem	Medium	Early Archaic	Collector Type
Weeden Island AKA: Safety Harbor Stemmed and Cooley		Contracting Stem	Small	Late Woodland	Provisional Type
Westo		Contracting Stem	Small to Medium	Middle to Late Archaic	Valid Type
Wolf Lake		Contracting stem	Small to Medium	Early Woodland	Valid Type
Yana / Shasta Complex Gunther Barbed Variant		Contracting Stem	Small	Developmental to Historic	Cultural Type
Yosemite Contracting Stem		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late to Transitional Archaic	Provisional Type
Yukon Constricting Stem		Contracting Stem to Ovoid	Medium to Large	Late to Transitional Archaic	Provisional Type
Yukon Large Stemmed		Contracting Stem	Large		Provisional Type
Yukon Small Tang		Contracting Stem	Medium to Large	Late Archaic	Provisional Type