Odd triangle.

[Mud Hawk]

Very interesting thought Uniface. I guess it would also come down to what was more practical and/or abundant at the time need... fletching/sinew/pitch or lithic resources. Technically, it is modern arrow technology as well to keep the shaft and screw on a new point...

If there is minor breakage (like say 1/4 the tip) couldn't they just pressure flake a new tip with the point still hafted?

I will be take another look at my assemblage with this thought in mind. Two pieces come to mind right off the bat. PM coming your way...

[dirtscratcher]

It took me awhile to recognize anything but a piece of debitage, but considering the tip is also missing, it looks like possibly an unfinished piece that the the ear broke during manufacture. I guess that would still make it debitage. I always hang on to that stuff, sometimes years later a light bulb goes off, and I figure it out.

[arrow719]

Nothing unusual about a broken point.

[Mud Hawk]

Originally Posted by arrow719

Nothing unusual about a broken point.

Yes, no disagreement there ^. The base is what was unusual to me and does not match the normal lithics from an assemblage.

Perhaps I need to be concise and descisive and just say this --- the base was made with a slight split in it and the basal corner(s) are rounded. Follow the base breakline and you can see from the shape of the break it terminated by a wing breaking off, not by a poor reduction strike in the base. There IS soft touch flaking around the entire existing half of the base.

Again, thank you Justin for posting an example of a similar base.

Debitage is non-utilized waste. If a flake that was knocked off a core and shows signs it was utilized, then it was an "expedient tool" of "utilized flake"... call it what you are comfortable with.