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The Dalton tradition is a Late Paleo-Indian and Early Archaic projectile point tradition. These points appeared in most of southeast North America from c. 10,700 BCE to at least c. 8,400 BCE. [ 1 ]
The oldest projectile points found in North America were long thought to date from about 13,000 years ago, during the Paleo-Indian period, however recent evidence suggests that North American projectile points may date to as old as 15,500 years. [2] Some of the more famous Paleo-Indian types include Clovis, Folsom and Dalton points. [3]
This is a list of historical pre-modern weapons grouped according to their uses, with rough classes set aside for very similar weapons. Some weapons may fit more than one category (e.g. the spear may be used either as a polearm or as a projectile), and the earliest gunpowder weapons which fit within the period are also included.
The Archaic period, from 8000 to 2000 BCE, experienced warmer climates. Archaic peoples in West Virginia were hunter-gatherers , who fished and gathered wild berries, nuts, seeds, and wild plants. The megafauna had migrated or died out by this time, so people hunted deer, bear, wild turkeys, rabbits, and other small game with atlatls and small ...
The Perry Site is a seven-foot (2.1-meter) thick midden containing ceramic potsherds from the Archaic period. The Seven Mile Island site (1Lu21) is a Mississippian village site and mound. [2] A number of arrowheads and flint knives, [3] as well as a bottle with an engraved bird have been found at the site.
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 ...
The Phoenician arrowheads or Phoenician javelin heads are a well-known group of almost 70 Phoenician inscribed bronze arrowheads from the 11th century BC onwards. [1] The first known inscription was the Ruweiseh arrowhead; it is the only one found in situ. The other arrowheads are of unknown origin, having first appeared on the antiquities ...
The projectiles have mostly been dated to within a few hundred years of 900 AD, in the early era of the Owasco culture. [1] The knives are thin, five-sided points with sharp tips. Jack's Reef Corner Notched and Jack's Reef Pentagonal are related and contemporary points, with The Corner Notched points rarer than the Pentagonal ones.