Hafted Points
I see a lot of photos that are posted of paleo points that are hafted. All of them are simply beautiful, but I sometimes question if they are hafted correctly or not. It's pretty clear how a barbed...
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With a larger diameter shaft so the barbs dont stick out, does this suggest that the point is hafted to a main shaft without a foreshaft ...or to a large foreshaft fitted onto an even larger main shaft?
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I think it does suggest that the point was simply hafted to a shaft. Too bad we don't have much evidence paleo spear shafts or foreshafts, if they had foreshafts at all. My theory is that the...
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In my experience feral hog hunting, and watching buddies use spears to do so, I would have to agree that the point was hafted directly to the shaft in such a way that it would facilitate an easy...
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I think the hafting is determined by the task the tool was to perform. In other words, the hafting element might be different for knives than for thrown points. I think this can easily be seen, in...
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I'd like to add a thought about "barbs". I feel most people just see what's in front of them, but what about what they don't see. I haven't heard of anyone mentioning the idea that maybe the barbs...
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Some of you guys kind of made my point for me, unintentionally. I understand the theory of paleo points being used as jabbing or thrusting "spear heads" but I just don't believe it. In fact I believe...
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I think self preservation is key if you wanted to spear something large and live to process it. i probaly would want it to bleed out rather then spear multiple times. Hafted to get through the hide...
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Forgot to mention most of them animals were probly herd animals. like modern day elephants buffalos they probly guarded thier young too like musk ox. then predators after the kill would be more worrys...
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Been gonna post this one for a while ... make after seeing the illustration at the top the base was a little wider than the shaft but not much
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I'd have to agree that the point for a thrusting spear would have to be tightly hafted to the handle. once the anumal is stabbed its gonna be jumping around ..possibly trying to either flee or go...
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Many paleo points have a large portion of the blade ground smooth. This tells me that the hafting was substantial and strong. The hafting needs to be strong if the point will be subjected to a lot...
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This is a very interesting thread! Thanks for the thoughts, everyone. I love how most of my Internet searches on topics of interest invariably lead me right back to PaleoPlanet more often than any...
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