New Hunting Weapons

During the Woodland Period, the style and size of projectile points changed, perhaps because hunting weapons changed. The projectile points seen here are small, which suggests that bows and arrows may have been used for the first time.

Projectile point or arrowhead
Near Quyon, Quebec
400-1,000 years old
Length: 4 cm
Gift of Eyre Holmes, 1976
CMC VIII-E:1782

Projectile point or arrowhead
Near Quyon, Quebec
400-1,000 years old
Length: 2.5 cm
Gift of Eyre Holmes, 1976
CMC VIII-E:1781

Projectile point or arrowhead
Near Quyon, Quebec
400-1,000 years old
Length: 3 cm
Gift of Eyre Holmes, 1976
CMC VIII-E:1785

Projectile point or arrowhead
Near the mouth of the Gatineau River, Quebec
400-1,000 years old
Length: 2 cm
Collected by W. J. Wintemberg, National Museum of Canada, 1931
CMC VIII-E:304