Point Typologies

Archaeologists build a point typology based on the size and shape of projectile points--from spear points to true arrowheads. A typology allows you to date a point based on comparing it to other points found in a region.

Connecticut Arrowheads
Typology of pictures and a promise of jargon-free descriptons of points found throughout Connecticut. From an unnamed enthusiast.

Native American Projectile Point Types of Southern New England
Metrics, descriptions, and images of points, sorted by form (side notched, stemmed, corner-notched, lanceolate, and triangular. Form Tara Prindle at Native Tech.

New England Projectile Point Typology
This site includes several small images of each New England projectile point types, sorted by date.

Ripley Bullen Projectile Point Typology (Florida)
The Ripley Bullen typology was built over ten years in the late 1960s-1970s; this page has a description of its history and photographs of each of the main types. From Jerald Milanich and the Florida Museum of Natural History.

Southern Ontario Projectile Points - London Chapter
From the London Chapter of the Ontario Archaeological Society; cultural affinities into adjacent regions especially New York State, Michigan and Ohio.

Texas Arrowhead Gallery
No information about dating or cultures here, but there's a nice gallery of images that makes it easy to scan through looking for a point to put a name to. From Texas Arrowheads.com.

What's the Point? Ohio Flint Artifacts
An artifact identification scheme that lets the user decide what kind of point (or other tool) s/he has based on identifying characteristics.

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