Obsidian Arrowheads and Projectile Points

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144 catalog types have a material field matching Obsidian. This is a catalog observation, not an identification or provenance claim.

Observed catalog breakdowns

Cultures

  • Late Prehistoric — 18
  • Various — 7
  • Desert Culture — 6
  • Great Basin Archaic — 6
  • California Culture — 3
  • Great Basin — 3
  • Late Archaic — 3
  • Middle Archaic — 3

Periods

  • 2,000-150 years ago — 14
  • 1,500-150 years ago — 6
  • 2,500-150 years ago — 5
  • 3,500-1,500 years ago — 4
  • 8,000-150 years ago — 4
  • 8,000-5,000 BCE — 4
  • 1,000-150 years ago — 2
  • 1,000-200 years ago — 2

Regions

  • Great Basin — 12
  • California — 7
  • Pacific Northwest — 5
  • California Desert — 4
  • Nevada Great Basin — 4
  • Columbia Plateau — 3
  • Arizona Southwest — 2
  • Columbia Plateau, Cascade Range — 2

Matching type references

  • Arctic Small Tool — Arctic Small Tool Tradition, 2,500-500 BCE
  • Awatovi Basal Notched — Pueblo Southwest, Pueblo periods
  • Bajada Point — Archaic, 7,000-2,000 years ago
  • Basketmaker II — Early Agricultural, 1,500 BCE-700 CE
  • Bear Lake Point — Great Basin Archaic, 3,000-1,000 years ago
  • Bitterroot Washington — Late Archaic Pacific Northwest, 1,900-4,100 BP
  • Black Rock Point — Great Basin Archaic, 5,000-2,000 years ago
  • Carson Sink Point — Desert Archaic, 6,000-1,000 years ago
  • Cascade — Cascade Culture, 8,000-4,500 BCE
  • Cascade Bi-Point — Old Cordilleran Culture, 8,000-5,000 BCE
  • Cascade Bi-Point — Old Cordilleran Cascade Phase, 8,000-5,000 BCE
  • Cascade Ovoid — Old Cordilleran Cascade Phase, 9,000-5,500 BCE
  • Cascade Ovoid — Old Cordilleran Culture, 8,000-5,000 BCE
  • Cascade Ovoid — Old Cordilleran - Cascade Phase, 8,000-5,000 BCE
  • Cascade Point — Early Period, 8,000-4,500 years ago
  • Cascade Washington — Early-Middle Archaic Pacific Northwest, 8,500-5,250 BP
  • Cascades Point — Mountain culture, 2,500-150 years ago
  • Channel Islands Barbed — Chumash, 8,000-1,500 BCE
  • Classic Flared Hohokam — Hohokam Classic Period, Classic Period
  • Clear Lake Point — Pomo culture, 2,000-150 years ago
  • Clovis Arizona — Paleoindian, 13,500-12,800 BP
  • Clovis Point — Clovis Culture, 13,500-12,800 years ago
  • Cold Springs Side Notched — Middle Period, 4,500-2,000 years ago
  • Cold Springs Side-Notched — Plateau Culture, 2,000-200 BCE

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