Projectile Points Poster by Robert L. Pyle West Virginia T-Rex flowering plants

flowering plants

The grooves may have permitted the points to be fastened (hafted) to wooden spears

The original specimens are housed at Carnegie Museum

skull mechanics

Projectile Points Poster by Robert L. Pyle West Virginia T-Rex flowering plantsNOTE: Points on the poster are shown actual size 1: 1 scale. In archaeological terms, a projectile point or arrowhead is an object that was hafted to weapon that was capable of being thrown or projected, such as a spear, dart, or arrow, or perhaps used as a knife. They are thus different from weapons presumed to have been kept in the hand, such as axes and maces, and the stone mace or axe heads often attached to them. Stone tools, including projectile