United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Williams, J. Mark2004-05-18Encyclopedia 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: SS8H1text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Projectile points--GeorgiaArrowheads--GeorgiaBow and arrow--GeorgiaSpears--GeorgiaIndians of North America--GeorgiaIndian weapons--GeorgiaChert--GeorgiaQuartz--GeorgiaTools, Prehistoric--GeorgiaIndian projectile pointsText