Jim Fisher's Avocational Archaeology
& Lithic Technology
Web Site


AN ONLINE TYPOLOGY OF NEW YORK STATE
& NORTHEASTERN PROJECTILE POINTS

   
   
The following typology has been largely, although not entirely, adapted from William A. Ritchie's (1971) Typology and Nomenclature for New York Projectile Points.  This work is a classic reference for point styles from New York and it is largely applicable to the Northeast region of the U.S. and Southern Ontario as a whole.
    Use the links to any of the point styles found below to see a digital images of artifacts that exemplify the type and to read a brief description of their most prominent morphological attributes.  The representative artifact examples are authentic and, unless otherwise noted, are from my own personal collection. In some cases, where rarity and quality were significant factors, casts were used to provide the best representation of certain projectile point types. For organizational purposes the point styles are listed from the oldest cultural period to the most recent.
 


PALEO  12,000 - 10,000 BC
      Debert Clovis
      Barnes
T
RANSITIONAL PALEO  10,000 - 7,000 BC
      Crowfield
   
Agate Basin
      Hi-Lo
E
ARLY ARCHAIC  8,000 - 5,000 BC
M
IDDLE ARCHAIC  5,000 - 2,000 BC
   
Vosburg
    Otter creek

    Brewerton Side-Notched

    Brewerton Corner-Notched

   
Lamoka
    Normanskill

    Brewerton Eared-Notched

    Brewerton Eared-Triangle

    Genesee

T
RANSITIONAL AND LATE ARCHAIC  2,000 - 1,000 BC
   
Snook Kill
    Poplar Island

    Bare Island

    Rossville

    Perkiomen Broad

    Susquehanna Broad

    Orient Fishtail

    Steubenville Stemmed

    Steubenville Lanceolate

E
ARLY WOODLAND  1,000 BC - 100 BC
   
Meadowood
    Fulton Turkey Tail

    Adena

M
IDDLE WOODLAND  100 BC - 900 AD
   
Snyders
    Jack's Reef Corner-Notched

    Jack's Reef Pentagonal

    Port Maitland

LATE WOODLAND  500 - 1,500 AD
   
Levanna
    Madison





[Return to Table of Contents]