Repost from Bandelier National Monument:
Pictured left - a 12,000 year-old Clovis point that is the one of the oldest artifacts discovered at the park.
Pictured right - an Pueblo III-IV (1200 to 1500 AD) arrowhead made of pedernal chert.
The Bandelier area has been an important location for Indigenous cultures for thousands of years.
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The projectile point to the left is a Clovis point and is approximately 12,000 years old. It is one of the oldest artifacts found in Bandelier. This point would have been mounted on a large dart and used for hunting large animals and was propelled by an atlatl. The projectile point to the right is a small projectile point that was typically used on arrows.
Image: Left projectile point. Clovis, pedernal chert. L 7.7, W 3.0 cm (L3, W 1 inch)
Bandelier National Monument, BAND 5024. Right projectile point. Ancestral Pueblo, pedernal chert. L 2.2, W 1.5cm (L 1, W 1/2inch). Pueblo III - Pueblo IV. AD 1200 – 1500. Bandelier National Monument, BAND 133.
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