Metal Arrowheads (2)
Two small sheet metal arrow points in Collection A are flat and
stemmed with triangular blades. One is labeled #107 in the
collector’s personal cataloguing system, and the other is labeled
#104. Similar points are described under the Collections B and D,
below. Research has shown that the retention rate of bows and arrows,
and of “stone projectile points for arrows” varied among Indian
peoples after contact with Europeans (Pyszczyk 1999:167). George
Quimby indicates that while sheet-brass arrowheads are typical of the
entire postcontact era in the western Great Lakes region, they are
often “rare or lacking” after 1760 (Quimby 1966:72). At Rock Island on
Lake Michigan, cupreous metal arrowheads appear in archaeological
contexts dating as late as 1770 (Mason 1986:202-203). In the plains
regions of the Dakotas, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, metal projectile
points are said to have increased in size between circa 1740 and1860
(Pyszczyk 1999:163). Likewise, in that same sphere, the ratio of
cupreous to ferrous metal points generally decreased over time
(Pyszczyk 1999:178). At the circa 1792-1800 site of Fort George, in
Alberta, for example, ferrous points outnumber cupreous points (Kidd
1970:76-78.
FROM THINGS LEFT BEHIND: A STUDY OF SELECTED FUR TRADE SITES AND
ARTIFACTS, VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK AND ENVIRONS, 2001-2002. by Douglas
A. Birk and Jeffrey J. Richner. Page 62.
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artifact photos. :-)
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Sheet Metal Arrowheads (#107 and #104), Collection AFrom:
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