- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Indian projectile points
- Creator:
- Williams, J. Mark
- Date of Original:
- 2004-05-18
- Subject:
- Projectile points--Georgia
Arrowheads--Georgia
Bow and arrow--Georgia
Spears--Georgia
Indians of North America--Georgia
Indian weapons--Georgia
Chert--Georgia
Quartz--Georgia
Tools, Prehistoric--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Indian projectile points. Stone tips for spears and arrows have been found by the millions throughout Georgia. Such stone tips are commonly referred to as "arrowheads." Indians were making stone spear points when they first arrived in the area about 12,000 years ago. The earliest points were the so-called Clovis points of the Paleoindian Period. Curiously, these were the most technologically complex points ever made in the state. In the following Archaic Period, a series of generally smaller points were made. These were used for spear point tips or knives but not arrow tips, which were invented much later.
GSE identifier: SS8H1 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/indian-projectile-points/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Indian Projectile Points," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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