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In
archaeology, a
projectile point is an object that was
hafted and used either as
knife or
projectile tip or both, commonly called an
arrowhead. Occasionally, projectile points made of worked
bone or
ivory are found at
archaeological sites, but generally the term is reserved for a refined chipped-stone
biface. Projectile points fall into two general types: dart points and arrow points. Dart points are defined as those bifaces which were used to tip spears and
atlatl darts. Arrow points are smaller and lighter than dart points, and were used to tip arrows. In North American archaeology dart and arrow points come in an amazing variety of shapes and styles, which vary according to time and geographic area. The question of how to distinguish an arrowpoint from a point used on a larger weapon is non-trivial; the best indication is the width of the
hafting area, which will correlate to the width of the shaft (Wyckoff 1964).
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