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A large variety of prehistoric arrowheads, dart points, javelin points, and spear points have been discovered. Chert, obsidian, quartzite, quartz, and many other rocks and minerals were commonly used to make points in North America.
Neolithic transverse arrowhead, found in Lincolnshire, UK. A transverse arrowhead is a type of trapezoidal or triangular stone projectile point most commonly associated with the European Mesolithic and Neolithic periods although it is also found in other regions and periods.
Arrowheads are attached to arrow shafts to be shot from a bow; similar types of projectile points may be attached to a spear and "thrown" by means of an atlatl (spear thrower). The arrowhead or projectile point is the primary functional part of the arrow, and plays the largest role in determining its purpose. Some arrows may simply use a ...
Susquehanna broad projectile point from central New York State. 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.
Levanna projectile point from central New York State. Levanna projectile points are stone projectile points manufactured by Native Americans what is now the Northeastern United States, generally in the time interval of 700-1350 AD.
Arrowheads. Leaf-shaped arrowhead, c. 4000–3300 BCE, Paul. In the Early Neolithic, the barbed arrowheads that were typical of the Mesolithic were replaced by leaf-shaped, single bladed arrowheads. A large number of these arrowheads have been found at Carn Brea, possibly as a result of an attack by archers on the tor enclosure. [155]
A bodkin point arrowhead. A bodkin point is a type of arrowhead. In its simplest form it is an uncomplicated squared metal spike, and was used extensively during the Middle Ages. The typical bodkin was a square-section arrowhead, generally up to 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long and 1 cm (0.39 in) thick at its widest point, tapered down behind this initial ...
The technique is first found in the Lower Palaeolithic but is most commonly associated with the Neanderthal Mousterian industries of the Middle Palaeolithic.In the Levant, the Levallois technique was also used by anatomically modern humans during the Middle Stone Age.
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