Standard projectile point terminology used in describing Native American projectile points: a - point or tip, b-edge, c- blade or face, d - step, e - tang, f - base, g - notch, h - barb, i - shoulder.[1]
In archaeological terminology, a projectile point is an object that was hafted to a weapon that was capable of being thrown or projected, such as a javelin, dart, or arrow. They are thus different from weapons presumed to have been kept in the hand, such as knives, spears, axes, hammers, and maces.
Stone tools, including projectile points, were often lost or discarded and are relatively plentiful, especially at archaeological sites. They provide useful clues to the human past, including prehistoric trade. A distinctive form of point, identified though lithic analysis of the way it was made, is often a key diagnostic factor in identifying an archaeological industry or culture. Scientific techniques exist to track the specific kinds of rock or minerals that were used to make stone tools in various regions back to their original sources.
As well as stone, projectile points were also made of worked wood, bone, antler, horn, or ivory; all of these are less common in the Americas. In regions where metallurgy emerged, projectile points were eventually made from copper, bronze, or iron, though the change was by no means immediate. In North America, some late prehistoric points were fashioned from copper that was mined in the Lake Superior region and elsewhere.
In archaeological terminology, a projectilepoint is an object that was hafted to a weapon that was capable of being thrown or projected, such as a javelin...
The Bare Island projectilepoint is a stone projectilepoint of prehistoric indigenous peoples of North America. It was named by Fred Kinsey in 1959 for...
Fishtail points, also known as Fell points are a style of Paleoindian projectilepoint widespread in South America at the end of the Late Pleistocene. Their...
Lamoka projectile points are stone projectile points manufactured by Native Americans what is now the Northeastern United States, generally in the time...
A projectile is an object that is propelled by the application of an external force and then moves freely under the influence of gravity and air resistance...
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A Barnes point is a type of projectilepoint dating from the Paleo-Indian period of American archaeology. It is a large, fluted spear point, lanceolate...
Clovis points are the characteristically fluted projectile points associated with the New World Clovis culture, a prehistoric Paleo-American culture. They...
Levanna projectile points are stone projectile points manufactured by Native Americans what is now the Northeastern United States, generally in the time...
A Cascade point is a projectilepoint associated with the Cascade phase, an ancient culture of Native Americans that settled in the Pacific Northwest...
South America. In South America, the similar related Fishtail or Fell projectilepoint style was contemporaneous to the usage of Clovis points in North America...
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A Cumberland point is a lithic projectilepoint, attached to a spear and used as a hunting tool. These sturdy points were intended for use as thrusting...
Greene projectile points are stone projectile points manufactured by Native Americans what is now the Northeastern United States generally in the time...
Projectile motion is a form of motion experienced by an object or particle (a projectile) that is projected in a gravitational field, such as from Earth's...
Finley, eventually yielded 24 projectile points, including eight Eden points, eight Scottsbluff points and one complete Cody point, both other sub-groups within...
An arrowhead or point is the usually sharpened and hardened tip of an arrow, which contributes a majority of the projectile mass and is responsible for...
the part of ballistics that deals with the behavior of a projectile in flight. The projectile may be powered or un-powered, guided or unguided, spin or...
tools can be made, or to rough out a blank for later refinement into a projectilepoint, knife, or other object. Flakes of regular size that are at least twice...
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Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The discovery by archaeologists of projectile points in association with the bones of extinct Bison antiquus, especially...
Susquehanna broad projectile points are stone projectile points manufactured by Native Americans in what is now the Northeastern United States, generally...
the projectile to the center of the coil. When the projectile nears this point the electromagnet must be switched off, to prevent the projectile from...
predates the Poverty Point earthworks by about 1500 years. Artifacts typical of the early date, such as baked loess blocks and Evans projectile points, were recovered...
cultures pre-date the current Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Projectilepoint tools, spears, pottery, bangles, chisels and scrapers mark archaeological...
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