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Made from rhyolite, probably quarried near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Susquehanna broad projectile points are stone projectile points manufactured by Native Americans in what is now the Northeastern United States, generally in the time interval of 1200–700 BC. They are probably atlatl dart points, but some are large enough to have been spear ...
Projectile points fall into two general types: dart or javelin points and arrow points. Larger points were used to tip atlatl javelins or darts and spears. Arrow points are smaller and lighter than dart points, and were used to tip arrows. The question of how to distinguish an arrow point from a point used on a larger projectile is non-trivial.
The Clovis spear point is found at nearly all locations in North America. It is defined by its relatively large size and fluted morphology that allows it to be hafted onto the end of a spear. It is of some debate if this was a handheld thrusting spear, or a throwing spear, or an atlatl. It could well have been used for all three, including ...
Dubbed the “Manis projectile point,” the ancient spear tip is the oldest bone weapon in America, researchers said in a study published Feb. 1.
Kimberley points are a type of Aboriginal stone tool made by pressure flaking [1] both discarded glass and stone. [2] Best known for the points made of glass, these artifacts are an example of adaptive reuse of Western technology by a non-western culture. They are often used as an indicator that an archaeological site is a post-contact ...
Golondrina points (formerly Plainview Golondrina) are lanceolate spear or dart projectile points, of medium size, dated to the transitional Paleo-Indian Period, between 9000–7000 BP. Golondrina points were attached on split-stem hafts and may have served to bring down medium-sized animals such as deer, as well as functioning as butchering knives.
A Folsom projectile point. Folsom points are projectile points associated with the Folsom tradition of North America.The style of tool-making was named after the Folsom site located in Folsom, New Mexico, where the first sample was found in 1908 by George McJunkin within the bone structure of an extinct bison, Bison antiquus, an animal hunted by the Folsom people. [1]
The classification of the Plainview point was made in 1947 by Glen Evans, G. E. Meade and E. H. Sellards for a cache of unfluted, lanceolate spear tips with concave bases found at an archaeological site along the Running Water Draw river near the town of Plainview in Texas.