Notched Projectile Points of the
North Central Region
Name | Picture | Shape | Size | Cultural Period | Validity |
Side Notch | |||||
Ansell |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early to Middle Woodland | Valid Type |
Atalissa |
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Expanding Stem to Side Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Avonlea Carmichael AKA: Carmichael |
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Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late Woodland / Developmental | Valid Type |
Avonlea Gull Lake AKA: Gull Lake |
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Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Late Woodland / Developmental | Valid Type |
Avonlea Timber Ridge AKA: Timber Ridge |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Late Woodland / Developmental | Valid Type |
Besant |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Big Sandy |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Big Sandy Broad Base |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Big Sandy Contracting Base / Big Sandy Auriculate |
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Side Notch / Bifurcated | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Big Sandy
E Notch AKA: Key Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Big
Sandy Leighton Base AKA: Leighton |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Brannon |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Brewerton |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Brunswick |
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Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Cache River |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Cahokia |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Cairo Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Chesterfield |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Collier |
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Side Notch | Medium | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Des Moines |
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Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Early Ovoid Knife |
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Side Notch / Ovoid | Medium to Very Large | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Faulkner |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Fulton AKA Turkey Tail Fulton |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Godar AKA: Black Sand |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Graham Cave |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Greenbrier |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Hardaway |
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Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Transitional Paleo to Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Hardaway Palmer |
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Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Harrell |
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Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Haskell |
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Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Hemphill |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Hickory Ridge |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Howard County |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Huffaker |
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Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Klunk |
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Side Notch | Small | Woodland | Valid Type |
Little Sioux |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Logan Creek |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Madison Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Maple Mills |
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Side Notch | Small | Late Woodland | Valid Type |
Matanzas |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Meadowood AKA: Hodges (Michigan) |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Merkle |
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Side Notch / Contracting Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Mills |
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Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Provisional Type |
Morris |
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Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Osceola |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Oxbow AKA: Parkdale (Minnesota) |
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Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Plains Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Classic to Historic | Valid Type |
Plains Triangular Knife
(Notched Form) |
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Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Classic to Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Pocola |
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Side Notch / Bifurcated | Small | Late Woodland to Early Mississippian | Valid Type |
Prairie Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Small | Developmental | Valid Type |
Raddatz |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Reed |
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Side Notch | Small | Late Woodland to Mississippian | Valid Type |
Reigh |
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Side Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Robinson |
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Side Notch | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Roxana |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Rustad Quarry |
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Side to Corner Notch | Small | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Sallisaw |
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Side Notch to Expanding Stem | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Savage Cage |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Schild Spike |
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Expanding Stem to Side Notch | Small to Medium | Late Woodland to Mississippian | Valid Type |
Schrugtown |
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Side Notch | Small | Middle Mississippian | Valid Type |
Simonsen |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early to Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Sonota AKA: Deep Water and Sahnish |
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Side Notch | Medium | Developmental / Woodland | Valid Type |
Tama |
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Side Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Thebes
E Notch AKA: Keyhole Thebes |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Trimble (Riverton Series) |
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Expanding Stem to Side Notch | Small | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Turin |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Turkeytail Fulton AKA: Fulton |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Turkeytail Harrison AKA: Harrison |
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Side Notch to Contracting Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Washita |
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Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Washita Peno |
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Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Provisional Type |
Webster |
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Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Provisional Type |
White River |
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Side Notch | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Whiteshell Side Notch |
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Side Notch | Medium | Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Wolf Creek |
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Side Notch | Small to Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Corner Notch | |||||
Affinis Snyder |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Afton Corner Notch AKA: Pentagonal Knife (Ohio River Valley) |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Apple Creek |
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Expanding Stem to Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Middle to Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Barbee |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Big Creek |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Brewerton Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Burnt Bluff |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Provisional Type |
Carter |
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Corner to Side Notch | Medium to Large | Woodland | Provisional Type |
Charleston |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Creston |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Cupp |
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Corner Notch to Side Notch | Medium to Large | Mississippian / Prehistoric | Valid Type |
Current River |
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Expanding Stem to Corner Notch | Small | Mississippian | Provisional Type |
Dayton |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Decatur AKA: Fracture Base Point |
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Expanding Stem to Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Edgefield Scraper |
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Corner to Side Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Gibson |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Woodland | Valid Type |
Grand |
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Corner Notch to Expanding Stem | Medium | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Hardin |
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Expanding Stem to Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Hargrove |
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Corner Notch to Expanding Stem | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Helton |
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Expanding Stem to Corner Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Hopewell |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Woodland | Valid Type |
Jack's Reef Corner Notch AKA: Broad Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Jordan |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Middle Archaic | Collector Type |
Kings AKA: Patterson Springs Side Notch |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Kirk Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Koster |
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Corner Notch | Small | Woodland | Valid Type |
Labras Lake |
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Corner Notch to Expanding Stem | Medium | Late Archaic | Site Specific |
Larter Tanged |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Lost Lake AKA: Deep Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Lundy |
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Corner Notch to Side Notch | Small to Medium | Mississippian / Late Caddoan | Collector Type |
Mackinaw AKA: Aldridge |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Woodland | Site Specific |
Manker |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Woodland | Valid Type |
Mo-Pac |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Neuberger |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Norton |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Middle Woodland | Valid Type |
Okoboji |
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Corner Notch | Small | Late Woodland | Valid Type |
Palmer AKA Small Kirk Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Small | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Pelican
Lake |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Late Archaic | Valid Type |
Pine Tree Corner Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Pulaski |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Samantha Arrow |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Samantha
Dart |
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Corner Notch | Small to Medium | Transitional Archaic to Developmental | Valid Type |
Scallorn |
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Corner Notch | Small | Late Woodland to Mississippian | Valid Type |
Snyder |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Woodland | Valid Type |
Sorter's Bluff |
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Corner Notch to Expanding Stem | Small | Late Archaic | Provisional Type |
St. Charles
Dovetail AKA: Dovetail |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
St. Croix |
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Corner Notch | Small | Woodland | Valid Type |
Stilwell |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Thebes Diagonal Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Thebes Dogleg Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Thebes Square Notch |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Valid Type |
Wanda |
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Corner Notch to Side Notch | Small | Mississippian | Valid Type |
Warrick |
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Corner Notch | Medium to Large | Early Archaic | Collector Type |
Weems |
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Expanding Stem to Corner Notch | Medium | Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Basal Notch | |||||
Calf Creek |
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Basal Notch | Medium to Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Earbob Ferry |
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Basal Notch to Expanding Stem | Medium | Woodland | Provisional Type |
Kampsville |
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Basal Notch to Barbed Stem | Medium to Large | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |
Mehlville |
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Basal Notch | Large | Late Archaic | Valid 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 |
Smith |
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Basal Notch | Large to Very Large | Middle Archaic | Valid Type |
Wade |
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Basal Notched | Medium | Late Archaic to Early Woodland | Valid Type |