Quartzite Arrowheads and Projectile Points

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

Observed catalog breakdowns

Cultures

  • Late Archaic — 8
  • Late Woodland — 7
  • Early Archaic — 6
  • Middle Archaic — 6
  • Paleo-Indian — 5
  • Various — 3
  • Hohokam Classic Period — 2
  • Archaic — 1

Periods

  • 1,200-400 years ago — 2
  • 12,000-10,000 years ago — 2
  • 3,700-2,700 BCE — 2
  • 5,500-3,500 BCE — 2
  • 8,000-7,000 BCE — 2
  • Middle Archaic — 2
  • 1,000 BCE-1,000 CE — 1
  • 1,000-500 years ago — 1

Regions

  • Southeastern United States — 5
  • Northeastern United States — 3
  • Eastern United States — 2
  • Northeast — 2
  • Southeast — 2
  • Tennessee Middle South Appalachian — 2
  • Washington Pacific Northwest — 2
  • Alaska Pacific Northwest — 1

Matching type references

  • Agate Basin Wyoming — Plano Tradition Agate Basin Complex, 10,500-10,000 BP
  • Alamance North Carolina — Paleo-Indian, 10,000-8,000 BC
  • Appalachian Stemmed — Late Woodland, 1,200-400 years ago
  • Archaic Triangles Rhode Island — Archaic period various, 8,000-4,300 BP
  • Arctic Small Tool Point — Arctic Small Tool Tradition, 4,000-2,800 years ago
  • Atlantic Point — Late Archaic, 3,000-2,000 years ago
  • Barnes Point — Paleo-Indian, 12,000-10,000 years ago
  • Bitterroot Washington — Late Archaic Pacific Northwest, 1,900-4,100 BP
  • Brewerton Side Notched — Middle Archaic, 4,500-3,500 years ago
  • Brewerton Side-Notched — Late Archaic, 2,500-2,000 BCE
  • Brewerton Vermont — Brewerton series, Often found with Otter Creek same contexts
  • Cascade Ovoid — Old Cordilleran - Cascade Phase, 8,000-5,000 BCE
  • Cascade Washington — Early-Middle Archaic Pacific Northwest, 8,500-5,250 BP
  • Catoctin Point — Late Archaic, 2,500-1,500 years ago
  • Chesapeake Point — Late Woodland, 1,200-400 years ago
  • Classic Flared Hohokam — Hohokam Classic Period, Classic Period
  • Contracting Stem Dart Idaho — Middle Archaic Great Basin, 2,210 cal BC - 710 cal BC
  • Cooper's Ferry Oregon — Earliest Pacific Northwest, 15,700 years ago
  • Dalton Point — Dalton Culture, Late Paleoindian to Early Archaic transition (regional chronologies vary)
  • Desert Side-notched Idaho — Late Woodland, 500-1,000 CE
  • Duncan Montana — Early-Middle Archaic McKean Complex, 8,000-3,500 BP
  • Guilford Lanceolate — Guilford Complex Middle Archaic, 6,200-5,000 BP (6,000-3,000 BCE)
  • Guilford Round Base — Guilford Complex, Middle Archaic
  • Guilford Stemmed — Guilford Complex (Briar Creek in GA/SC), Middle Archaic

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