WHAT IS THE MORROW MOUNTAIN POINT?

Middle Archaic bifacially worked chipped stone projectile points of eastern North America dating to the period c. 6000–4000 bc. The points are triangular in outline with slightly flared sides towards the base and a small rounded tang on the base.

WHAT IS THE McKEAN POINT?

The bifacially worked chipped stone projectile points of the McKean complex of the Middle Archaic stage in the Great Plains of North America, c. 2900–1000 bc. They are lanceolate in outline with curved sides and a hollow base.

WHAT IS THE LUPEMBAN?

A stone industry of the Lower Paleolithic of west-central Africa, developed from a Sangoan predecessor and characterized by tools appropriate for rough woodwork. Lupemban industry has been found in northern Angola and southern Zaire and an important dated site is at Kalambo Falls on the Zambia–Tanzania border. In contrast with the Sangoan, Lupemban assemblages are marked by the fine quality of their bifacial stoneworking technique on elongated double-ended points, large side scrapers, and thick core-axes. The industry spans from before 30,000 bc until c. 15,000 bc. [Lupembian]

WHAT IS THE LEVANNA POİNT?

Projectile points are usually associated with Late Woodland and Contact Period occupations in southern New England (c. 700–300 bp). Common material types associated with this point include quartz, quartzite, hornfels, and basalt. Nonlocal cherts were also used in the manufacture of this point type. The Levanna point type is characterized by the equilateral triangular form and concave base.

WHAT IS THE HELL GAP?

A Plano tradition complex of the Paleoindian period from c. 11,200 to 8000 bc (the complex dates to c. 10,000–9500 bp) and centered on a well-preserved, deeply stratified site in eastern Wyoming. Hell Gap is also the name of a projectile point type of the Plano tradition, which is bifacially worked with a broad pointed top set on a straight-sided trapezoidal body. The base is narrow and straight. Experiments show that these points were probably spearheads and fully capable of penetrating the hide and ribcage of large beasts such as bison.

WHAT IS THE HARDAWAY POINT?

A bifacially worked, chipped stone projectile point with a triangular outline, slightly hollow base, and a side notch towards the base on either side. It may be a variation of the Dalton tradition

c. 8500–7000 bc.

WHAT IS THE FOLSOM POINT?

A distinctive Paleoindian fluted projectile point with a single flute on each face and fine pressure flaking. Found in association in sites around Folsom, New Mexico from c. 9000–8000 bc (alternately 11,000–10,200 bp), they differ from Clovis points in the length of the flute, which extends over most of the point’s side. Folsom points are smaller, with their widest dimension near the middle rather than towards the base; they are more concave base than Clovis points, and the edges of Folsom points were retouched.

WHAT IS THE FEDERMESSER ?

A small backed blade, about the size and shape of a penknife blade; these blades were the most distinctive artifacts of the Final Glacial peoples of the north European plain during the Allerød oscillation (c. 9850–8850 bc). Similar bladelets occurred in the related Creswellian culture of Britain and the blades are very similar to the Azilian point. They are backed blades tapering to a point, and were probably used as arrowheads. They tend to have curved or angled backs unlike the earlier Gravette points.

WHAT IS THE ELKO POINT?

Large, roughly triangular-shaped chipped stone points with concave, straight, or slightly concave bases either with corner notches or “ears” on the base. They are dated to 1300 bc to ad 700, the desert Archaic stage in Great Basin and western North America.

WHAT IS THE CORNER NOTCH ?

CORNER NOTCH : A major projectile form that is described as a point that has had notches for hafting struck into the corners of the base; a flaking technique applied to accommodate hafting which involved the flaking of notches into the basal corners of a preform base. [corner-notched, corner-notched point]

WHAT IS THE CAHOKIA POINT ?

CAHOKIA POINT: A side-notched, triangular arrow point with straight sides to slightly concave basal edges. A few have slightly convex basal edges. There may be additional side notches on the blade, usually just above the primary side notches, or it may be serrated. Points with two or three notches are the most common. The Cahokia point was named by Edward G. Scully in 1951 for examples found at the Cahokia site in St. Clair and Madison counties in Illinois. An early Mississippian point has been found dating in the ad 900–1300 range.

WHAT IS THE BOW ?

BOW: An offensive weapon for shooting arrows or missiles and used in hunting and war. It generally consists of a strip of bendable wood or other material with a string stretched between its two ends. The arrow or missile is shot by the recoil after retraction of the string. The weapon was first used in the Upper Paleolithic by the Gravettians. Some Mesolithic examples have been preserved in peat bogs, but often all that remains is an arrowhead or wrist guard.

WHAT IS THE BILATERALLY BARBED ?

BILATERALLY BARBED: A projectile point or harpoon with barbs on both edges.

WHAT IS THE BASAL NOTCH ?

BASAL NOTCH: a flaking technique applied to accommodate hafting, which involved the flaking of notches into the basal edge of a preform.

 Basal Notch Point

WHAT IS THE BASAL EDGE ?

BASAL EDGE: proximal edge of a triangular or lanceolate projectile or stem of a stemmed type. There are eight major types of basal edges: convex, straight, concave, auriculate, lobbed, bifurcated, fractured, and snapped.

WHAT IS THE BARBED POINT ?

BARBED POINT: A bone or antler point with rows of barbs, usually on one side only.

WHAT IS THE BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD ?

BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD: Triangular-shaped flint arrowheads of the later Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in Europe. They are distinctive in having a short rectangular tang on the base opposite the point, symmetrically set either side of which is a barb. The tang was used to secure the arrow tip to its shaft and usually projects slightly below the ends of the barbs.

WHAT IS THE BARB ?

BARB: A subsidiary point facing away from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove. [barbed (adj.)]

WHAT IS THE AYAMPITIN POINT ?

AYAMPITIN POINT: Bifacially worked stone tips of willowleaf outline found among Archaic hunter-gatherer communities of the Peruvian highlands and coasts in 9000–7000 bc.

WHAT IS THE AURICULATE ?

AURICULATE: A major projectile form which has rounded or pointed ears that project from the concave base or stem of points or blades.