Bone Weaving Tools and Projectile Points

Bone Weaving Tools and Projectile Points

Artifacts

These bone tools were recovered from a Late Woodland site in Halifax County in the southern Piedmont. The sharp short objects at the right are projectile points made of deer phalanges. Bone projectile points were more lightweight and durable than stone points. The other objects were labeled “problematical” because archaeologists aren’t completely sure of their function. They have been split, then rounded and smoothed at one end. Archaeologists suspect they may have been weaving tools, or fishhooks in the early stages of production. (Photo enhanced)

Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Richmond, VA

900 - 1600 C.E.

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Halifax County

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