Guide To the Identification of Certain American Indian Projectile Points

Author(s): Robert E. Bell

Year: 1960

Summary

This Bulletin, Special Bulletin No. 2, is a continuation of the Guide to the Identification of Certain American Indian Projectile Points published by the Oklahoma Anthropological Society in December, 1958. Information and pen drawings are presented for 50 projectile point types that have been recognized in the United States. This makes one hundred point types that have been included in the Special Bulletins, but it does not include all that has been recognized or identified throughout the literature. There are somewhere between 150 and 200 point types that have been named at this time.

Cite this Record

Guide To the Identification of Certain American Indian Projectile Points. Robert E. Bell. Special Bulletin ,2. Norman, OK: Oklahoma Anthropological Society. 1960 ( tDAR id: 86084) ; doi:10.48512/XCV886084

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Keywords

Culture
Alto Focus • Aransas Focus • Archaic • BIG SANDY PHASE • Carrollton Focus • Central Texas Aspect • Clovis • Cody Complex • Early Woodland • East Texas Aspect • Edwards Plateau Aspect • Elam Focus • EVA PHASE • Falcon Focus • Folsom • Gibson Aspect • Henrietta Focus • Middle Archaic • Mier Focus • PaleoIndian • Pecos River Focus • Plaquemine Culture • Rockport Focus • Sanders Focus • THREE MILE PHASE • Washita River Focus • Woodland Show More

Material
Chipped Stone

Investigation Types
Collections Research • Heritage Management • Historic Background Research

General
Alberta Point • Ashtabula Point • Benton Point • Big Sandy Point • Bonham Point • Bulverde Point • Castroville Point • Catahoula Point • Clifton Point • Copena Point • Cumberland Point • Dallas Point • Darl Point • Decatur Point • Desmuke Point • Ellis Point • Ensor Point • Etley Point • Fairland Point • Fort Ancient Point • Frazier Point • Fresno Point • Friley Point • Frio Point • Greenbrier Point • Guilford Point • Hamilton Point • Hardin Point • Huffaker Point • Kent Point • Kirk Point • Le Croy Point • Ledbetter Point • Livermore Point • Martindale Point • Orient Point • Palmillas Point • Pandora Point • Perdiz Point • Quad Point • Scallorn Point • Shumla Point • St. Charles Point • Toyah Point • Turkey Tail Point • Uvalde Point • Wheeler Point • Williams Point • Yarbrough Point • Young Point Show More

Geographic Keywords
Alabama (State / Territory) • Alberta • Arkansas (State / Territory) • Ashtabula (County) • Benton (County) • Canada (Country) • Catahoula Lake • Fro River • Georgia (State / Territory) • Henry (County) • Kentucky (State / Territory) • Lake Erie • Louisiana (State / Territory) • Mississippi (State / Territory) • Mississippi River • New York (State / Territory) • North Carolina (State / Territory) • Nueces River • Ohio (State / Territory) • Oklahoma (State / Territory) • Pennsylvania (State / Territory) • Red River Valley • Rio Grande • Tennessee (State / Territory) • Tennessee River • Texas (State / Territory)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -165.234; min lat: 16.636 ; max long: -35.156; max lat: 65.22 ;

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Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 4055974

NADB citation id number(s): 000000135604

Notes

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