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Adaptation and Resistance: Indigenous History of the Pejepscot RegionNotes
Abenaki people began using bows and arrows around 500 A.D. Previously, they used spears with throwing sticks. These spears had detachable points or hooks crafted from stone or bone, which hunters replaced depending on the type of prey. This point, found in Pejepscot, Maine (now a village in Topsham), could be an arrow or spear tip. Sometimes only weight differentiates the two tips: arrowheads are under a few, while spear tips are heavier, necessary for balancing the spear handle’s weight.
Stone spear point: a small, gray stone triangle with a notch on each side of the wide end. The tip is broken.