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projectile point In North American archaeological terminology, a projectile point is an object that was hafted to a weapon that was capable of being thrown or projected, such as a javelin, dart, or arrow. They are thus different from weapons presumed to have ...
s manufactured by Native Americans what is now the Northeastern United States generally in the time interval of 300–800 AD.


Description

Greene points are generally about long with an average around . They are lanceolate in shape with weak or no shoulders and are 2¼ to 2½ times as long as they are wide.


Age and cultural affiliations

Their first recorded appearance is around 400 AD and vanished around 800 AD with the onset of the Kipp Island phase in central New York.


Distribution

These points are found primarily in the middle Hudson Valley of New York State, but are found as far east as Massachusetts.


See also

* Other projectile points


References

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