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 EDEN POINT?

Eden points are known for their exceptionally well done, parallel pressure flaking and diamond cross-section. The people that made them were hunting large animals like bison. Eden points were first discovered in Yuma County, Colorado blow outs during the 1930s but none were found in situ until the spring of 1940 when Harold J. Cook spent several days digging in a site discovered by O. M. Finley. The Eden point was named by H. M. Wormington after the town of Eden, Wyoming. The Eden type site was named the Finley site in honor of O. M. Finley who discovered it.

WHAT IS THE COCHISE POINT ?

COCHISE POINT: A type of projectile point from 4000 bc to perhaps 500 bc, indicating an increased interest in hunting, of the US southwest (Arizona). Currently the use of the Cochise culture concept is fairly uncommon.

WHAT IS THE CHISEL ENDED ARROWHEAD ?

CHISEL ENDED ARROWHEAD: a type of arrow tip of flint or stone, with a sharp, straight cutting edge at right angles to the axis of the arrow shaft, rather than a 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 BUNT ?

BUNT: A blunted projectile point intended to stun rather than to inflect a bleeding wound; sometimes difficult to distinguished from hafted scrapers.

WHAT IS THE BRETON ARROWHEAD ?

BRETON ARROWHEAD: A type of barbed and tanged arrowhead, highly symmetrical in form, with slightly concave or convex sides and flared barbs and the tang the same length as the barbs. It is characteristic of the Early Bronze Age in northern France and southern Britain.

WHAT IS THE BONDI POINT ?

BONDI POINT: A small, asymmetrically backed point, named for Bondi, Sydney, which is a component of the Australian Small Tool tradition. It is usually less than 5 cm (2 inches) long and is sometimes described as a backed blade. Some examples suggest that the points were set in wooden handles or shafts. It occurs on coastal and inland sites across Australia, usually south of the Tropic of Capricorn. The oldest examples come from southeast Australia, dating from about 3000 bc, and the most recent are 300–500 years old. The Bondi point was not being used by Aborigines when Europeans arrived.

WHAT IS THE BLUNT ?

BLUNT: A point that abruptly terminates part way up the blade with no true distal point for piercing. Typically the point is chipped in a mild excurvate or straight edge. Some feel that the point may have been used in hunting as a “stunning” weapon. However, most blunts show signs of being a conserved, former projectile, reworked into a handheld or hafted scraper.

WHAT IS THE BIRD POINT ?

BIRD POINT: A smaller arrowhead used by Native Americans to kill small game such as rabbit, waterfowl, and birds. 

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 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 AVONLEA POINT ?

AVONLEA POINT: Early bow and arrow projectile point dated ad 100–500, from North Dakota.

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.