Atlatl Projectile Point (2000 bp)

From Swift Current Museum

Numéro d'accession 2007.16.2c

Date 2000 bp

Description Projectile point made of brown chalcedony. The edges curve slightly up to the tip, and the base of relatively flat. The sides are notched, which are quite wide and U-shaped. Given its length and shape, this seems to be an atlatl point rather than a spearpoint or arrowhead. Atlatls or spearthrowers were used to hunt smaller game, and were popular during the Middle Period 7,500 to 2,000 years before present (BP). Looking more at details, the specific shape of the point resembles that of Besant points from the later Middle Period, about 2,100 to 1,500 years before present (BP).

Matériaux Stone

Catégorie Archaeology,