Arrowhead
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An arrowhead is point of an arrow, or a shape resembling such a point; as archaeological artifacts arrowheads are a subclass of projectile points.[1]
Arrowheads can be found all over the world. Archaeologically they are usually made of stone: primarily being flint, obsidian, or cherts; however in many excavations bone, wooden and metal arrowheads have been found.
Arrowheads are attached to arrow shafts and may be fired from a bow, similar types of projectile points may be attached to spears and "thrown" by means an Atlatl (spear thrower).
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