I suggest you contact Greg Monks at the university of Manitoba. I believe he has a lovely specimen of bone with the distal tip of a shell point embedded in it!
Dr. Ariane Burke, Professeur Titulaire,
Dept. d'anthropologie,
Université de Montréal,
C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville
Montreal, QC
Canada, H3C 3J7
Tel. 514-343-6574
http://archeozoologie.anthro.umontreal.ca/
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From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites on behalf of GREGORY CAMPBELL
Sent: Wed 2012-10-10 10:11 AM
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Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Shell arrowheads
Dear Jorgen: mussel shells were used as the projectile point for whaling harpoons in the Pacific Northwest of North America until at least the end of the 18th Century AD. Captain Cook recovered several on his survey cruises of the Pacific in 1768-1780, and these can be found in several European museums. The example held by Georges-August University, Gottingen(and references to other catalogued examples) can be found at
http://www.nma.gov.au/online_features/cook_forster/objects/harpoon_point_hooks_quaboolshtl_am663
Do any of you Pacific Northwestern zooarchers have references for more or better examples? I would like to know, and I bet Jorgen would too.
Greg Campbell
The Naive Chemist
From: Jørgen Rosvold <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 14:04
Subject: [ZOOARCH] Shell arrowheads
Dear all,
we have in our collection some arrowheads made of what we believe to be freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) and are looking for other similar findings. Does anyone know of or have any litterature on mollusc projectile points? We are particularely interested in freshwater mussels, but information on any type of molluscs are very welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Jørgen
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