04/30/2026
It's grey and rainy outside, so we are transporting ourselves back to the Early Archaic period with this beautiful Nettling projectile point! Sometime around 9000 years ago, a master knapper transformed a lump of Bois Blanc chert from the Niagara Region into this deadly little spear point. The maker would have hafted it onto a long spear or dart using animal sinew and pine pitch glue, then launched it at his prey using a spear throwing device similar to what's known as an atlatl. Imagine the feasts this little artifact may have provided! As you listen to the drizzling rain today, let your mind drift back to a time when skill and smarts were how you survived - rain or shine!
