masthead graphic ISM System :Projectile Points Collection:
Introduction What are projectile points? What Types of Points
Are There? What are points made from? How are points made? How
were points used? Using this Reference Collection Identification
Key Image Gallery   photograph of atlatl thrower bronze
sculpture Dawn. The sun peaks over the horizon and casts its
light on an open field at the edge of a forest. In the shadow of
a shrub, a white-tailed deer nervously nibbles on tender
branches. A concealed hunter slowly raises his bow, aims, and
releases the drawstring. The arrow flies toward its target, but
the deer, always wary, darts off at the snap of the bowstring.
The arrow strikes a limb. The tip of point snaps off. The hunter
retrieves the arrow, discards the point and puts the shaft into
his quiver. When he returns to camp, he fastens another point to
the arrow shaft.  Image of an Arrow Point A thousand years
later, a farmer cultivates corn. From the cab of his tractor, he
spots a white, pointed stone.