In 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...
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Fishtail points, also known as Fell points are a style of Paleoindian projectile point widespread across much of South America at the end of the Late Pleistocene...
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A projectile is an object that is propelled by the application of an external force and then moves freely under the influence of gravity and air resistance...
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Lamoka projectile points are stone projectile points manufactured by Native Americans what is now the Northeastern United States, generally in the time...
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direction Point system (driving), a system of demerits for driving offenses Projectile point, a hafted archaeological artifact used as a knife or projectile tip...
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A Barnes point is a type of projectile point dating from the Paleo-Indian period of American archaeology. It is a large, fluted spear point, lanceolate...
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Clovis points are the characteristically fluted projectile points associated with the New World Clovis culture, a prehistoric Paleo-American culture. They...
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point Clovis point Plano point Eden point Cumberland point Levanna projectile point Jack's Reef pentagonal projectile point Lamoka projectile point Susquehanna...
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organizing the pieces into morphological/descriptive groups. So, the projectile points could be sorted by weight, height, color, material, or however...
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The Bare Island projectile point is a stone projectile point of prehistoric indigenous peoples of North America. It was named by Fred Kinsey in 1959 for...
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Levanna projectile points are stone projectile points manufactured by Native Americans what is now the Northeastern United States, generally in the time...
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County, Florida Suwannee River USS Suwannee (CVE-27) Suwannee point, projectile point Suwanee (disambiguation) Sewanee (disambiguation) Swanee (disambiguation)...
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Greene projectile points are stone projectile points manufactured by Native Americans what is now the Northeastern United States generally in the time...
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A Cascade point is a projectile point associated with the Cascade phase, an ancient culture of Native Americans that settled in the Pacific Northwest...
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Armour-piercing ammunition (category Projectiles)
Armour-piercing ammunition Armour-piercing ammunition (AP) is a type of projectile designed to penetrate armour protection, most often including naval armour...
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Lithic reduction (section Projectile percussion)
tools can be made, or to rough out a blank for later refinement into a projectile point, knife, or other object. Flakes of regular size that are at least twice...
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An arrowhead or point is the usually sharpened and hardened tip of an arrow, which contributes a majority of the projectile mass and is responsible for...
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The M107 is a 155 mm high explosive projectile used by many countries. It is a bursting round with fragmentation and blast effects. It used to be the standard...
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A hollow-point bullet is a type of expanding bullet which expands on impact with a soft target, transferring more or all of the projectile's energy into...
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External ballistics (redirect from Boat-tail projectile)
the part of ballistics that deals with the behavior of a projectile in flight. The projectile may be powered or un-powered, guided or unguided, spin or...
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Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The discovery by archaeologists of projectile points in association with the bones of extinct Bison antiquus, especially...
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point typology of Floridian prehistory to aid fellow archaeologists with point classification. The first report of Bullen's Florida projectile point classification...
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from the Bering Sea to the America continent. Stone tools, particularly projectile points and scrapers, are the primary evidence of the earliest human activity...
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A Cumberland point is a lithic projectile point, attached to a spear and used as a hunting tool. These sturdy points were intended for use as thrusting...
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predates the Poverty Point earthworks by about 1500 years. Artifacts typical of the early date, such as baked loess blocks and Evans projectile points, were recovered...
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spearhead is the sharpened point (head) of a spear, similar to an arrowhead. It is often a separate piece called a projectile point. Spearhead may also refer...
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Susquehanna broad projectile points are stone projectile points manufactured by Native Americans in what is now the Northeastern United States, generally...
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Clovis culture (section Clovis point)
distinctive part of the Clovis culture toolkit are Clovis points, which are projectile points with a fluted, lanceolate shape. Clovis points are typically large...
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Projectile motion is a form of motion experienced by an object or particle (a projectile) that is projected in a gravitational field, such as from Earth's...
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Coilgun (section Ferromagnetic projectile saturation)
the projectile to the center of the coil. When the projectile nears this point the electromagnet must be switched off, to prevent the projectile from...
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