MAYAN STEMMED
BLADE PROJECTILE
POINT
BELIZE
CLASSIC PERIOD
PRIVATE COLLECTION
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   Small stemmed blades like this example began to be

produced about A.D. 800 to 900 during the Terminal

Classic Period. It was about this time that Mayan warriors

began to use atlatl thrown spears tipped with small

stemmed points made from blades. The stone tool

makers of northern Belize made them by the tens
of thousands to supply the needs of this new weapon.

They are miniature versions of the large stemmed macro

blades.
    After this blade was removed from the core the stem

 was edge trimmed into shape by pressure flaking and

one side of the blade at the point was trimmed by pressure

flaking to form the point. This stemmed blade is made of

Colha chert and it measures 3 11/16 inches (9.3 cm) long.

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